Incredible new photo shows Mars bathed in dramatic light

A beautiful new photo shows off Mars in a dramatic new light. 

The European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter just beamed home the amazing new image from April 15. 

The photo was taken by the satellite's Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) right after the satellite moved into a new orbit about 400 kilometers above the world's surface. The lighting is what makes it really special. 

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“We were really pleased to see how good this picture was, given the lighting conditions,” Antoine Pommerol, a member of the science team, said in a statement. You can see the Korolev Crater covered with ice in the planet's northern hemisphere, according to the ESA.  Read more...

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