The Red Planet like you’ve never seen it before Posted by Ondela Mlandu on 7 December 2018 Tags:photography, Travel Inspiration, Travel News NASA’s InSight lander has landed safely on its new home planet, Mars, and NASA has just released over 2,540 images of Mars captured by the spacecraft, as well as pictures of artists’ renderings of it on Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is part of NASA’s Discovery programme. According to experts, the spacecraft’s mission to Mars will be the first to unlock the hidden geological secrets of the planet’s core. For some armchair travel of a whole new kind, here are a few images from the Red Planet: Mars’ Wirtz Crater. Image from NASA Roddy Crater on Mars, home to several large alluvial fans. Image from NASA The hole is about 1, 6 centimeters in diameter. Image from NASA An artist’s rendition of the InSight lander operating on the surface of Mars. Image from NASA Aram Chaos, a 280 kilometre diameter ancient impact crater that lies within in the Southern Highlands of Mars. Image from NASA The image is to track the movement of sand dunes near the North Pole of Mars. Image from NASA More images of the NASA InSight Mission can be seen here You may also like Related Posts Namib wild horses attacked by hyenas 20 February 2019 The desert horses of the Namib have once again been attacked by a pack of... read more WATCH: Tourists caught in elephant stampede 20 February 2019 Coming face-to-face with Africa's elephants is always an incredible experience. Anything can happen, like getting... read more China opens Forbidden City at night for the first time 20 February 2019 The Palace Museum within China's famed Forbidden City will be open to the public after... read more PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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