NASA posts stunning image of mars crater, Internet says 'It looks like water'

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Chandigarh, April 14

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released an image of a Mars crater.

“The Martian crater marks the spot,” the space agency wrote in the caption of the Instagram image.

NASA captured the image using the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

In its post, NASA wrote: “You’re looking at 0° longitude on Mars—the Greenwich Observatory equivalent on the Red Planet. The Greenwich Observatory marks Earth’s Prime Meridian, which is is a north-south line that defines where east meets west, and is used as the zero-reference line for astronomical observations.

The larger crater that sits within this crater, called the Airy Crater, originally defined zero longitude for Mars, but as higher resolution photos became available, a smaller feature was needed. This crater, called Airy-0 (zero) was selected because it did not need to adjust existing maps.

This image was captured by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The map is projected here at a scale of 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) per pixel.”

The photo has left netizens in complete admiration.