An incredibly detailed image of Mars captured by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, from the north polar ice cap, to the cloud covered Hellas Planitia in the south, the largest impact crater on Mars.📸: ESA​/​DLR​/​FU Berlin

Mind-Blowing Views from Mars: Sol 530 FootageNASA has just dropped stunning new footage from the surface of Mars, captured on Sol 530 — the 530th Martian day of a rover’s mission. At an average distance of about 250 million miles (roughly 400 million kilometers) from Earth, these images remind us just how far we’ve reached as a species.The red, rugged landscape unfolds under a butterscotch-colored sky: sharp rocks scattered across ancient crater floors, layered sedimentary hills hinting at a wet