Christmas on Mars, anyone?
This image, of an area close to the (how seasonally appropriate) North Pole, was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2008. Sadly, those aren't Christmas trees -- what I could swear are stands of barely rooted tundra-like forest are just streaks of darker dirt on those astonishing pink sand dunes.
If there's a sequel to The Martian, may I respectfully request that it include at least one scene of astronauts skiing down these pink hills?
Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
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