As we creep ever closer to December 25th, there are plenty of people in the United States and abroad that are hoping there’s at least a light dusting of snow on the ground for the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year. You might not imagine Mars would be the best place to look for winter wonderlands, but new a image shot by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft reveals a snowy oasis hiding out in a massive crater.
The photo, which was snapped by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) instrument of the Mars Express satellite, is actually a composite of a handful of individual images snapped at different times. By stitching them together we get a gorgeous view of a particularly serene feature of the Red Planet.
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