Mars Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
In a stunning new book, This is Mars, editor and designer Xavier Barral makes visual magic from images captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Traces of Sand Whirlwinds
Clay and silicate deposits create an oddly biological looking pattern at the edge of a Martian crater. The deposits could not have been produced without the prescence of water—and lots of it, one more sign of Mars' humid past.
