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.

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)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (ASU), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute)
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