To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Odyssey * orbiting Mars, NASA released a breathtaking image of a sea of ??dunes it discovered on the planet.
Odyssey - In 2010 it broke a record as "the longest service machine operating on Mars.
The fake color image (where color represents temperature) was taken using Odyssey thermal imaging system and created using a series of images that took about two years to capture. If you are wondering what you are looking at, the image shows a large sea, with wind-sculpted dunes surrounding the north pole cap of Mars. Cold temperatures are described in blue hues and warm temperatures are in yellow and orange. Can you spot the ice?
The image is a major step in understanding the planet's water cycles and further supports the idea that at some point, Mars may have been a living planet.
The picture is this:
Source: Science Alert, Pop Sugar
