Martian Brain Terrain Spied From Space Is Dotted with Impact Craters

This alien landscape that you're seeing was recently spotted by the European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft, which has been busy mapping and analyzing Mars' surface since 2003. This intriguing ice-rich region covered by impact craters is just a slice of Utopia Planitia, the largest impact basin on the Red Planet and in the Solar System. Using its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), the spacecraft has captured over... (continue reading...)