![The planet Mars has an orange hue, splotched with dark brown areas of prominent features. A blue-white haze curves around the edges of the planet, particularly to the left in this image. A particularly bright spot of white clouds are visible to the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hs-2016-15-a-full_tif_for_promo-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
New Hubble Portrait of Mars
Bright, frosty polar caps, and clouds above a vivid, rust-colored landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic seasonal planet in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken on May 12, 2016, when Mars was 50 million miles from Earth.
Credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (ASU), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute)
Image CreditNASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (ASU), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute)
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