The European Union-Russia orbiter takes a picture of the surface of Mars etched by dust devils – RT World News

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter – a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia’s Roscosmos – captured an image of the southern highlands of Mars, with an intricate pattern made of wind handles, conical ridges and ridges.

The European Space Agency posted the photo on Twitter on Friday, although it was actually taken on February 1, 2021.

According to the agency’s website, the image offers a rare glimpse into the landscape of Mars near Hook Hok Crater in the southern highlands.

The cream-colored expanse of Mars is littered with alternating depressions with ridges, as well as a myriad of creases—the kind of landscape that scientists have identified as resembling “chaotic terrainIt was seen elsewhere on Mars.

However, perhaps the most striking feature of the image is the variegated blue tendrils that spread across the entire landscape and converge to form clumps in certain areas. The European Space Agency (ESA) description says the strange pattern was formed by dust devils. Over the years, these dust storms have left marks on the surface of the planet, with a clear north-south direction.Indicates a possible local wind pattern,The European Space Agency claims.

However, if you look at the blue wisps on a spacecraft, they are not blue at all. color is”The result of the three filters combined to create this image,According to the scholars. The purpose of the filters isProduce an infrared color image with greater sensitivity to changes in surface mineralogy.“

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter began its mission in 2018. Apart from sending images like this, the orbiter is also said to be “Providing the best stock ever for the planet’s atmospheric gases,” Beside “Mapping the planet’s surface for water-rich locations.“

The international team of scientists behind the project also plans to send a spacecraft to explore the surface of Mars in August and October this year. The launch was initially supposed to take place in 2020, but was postponed due to parachute testing issues.

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