Mars is known throughout the world as 'the red planet'. This is due to the fact that it is largely covered by iron oxide, which is of that color. But the European Space Agency (ESA) has denied this topic by presenting some new and impressive images of Mars in which many other shades such as gray or blue can be seen.

These images have been created thanks to the Mars Express Orbiter, a satellite that the organization placed in the Martian orbit as part of the Mars Express project, ESA's first interplanetary mission.. An HRSC camera placed on that satellite has allowed this new global image of Mars to be generated.

On the 20th anniversary of the mission, the camera has taken pictures at altitudes between 4,000 and 10,000 kilometers, much further away than usual.. Thanks to that altitude they have created a mosaic of 90 images that show 2,500km wide. With this method, which is used to observe weather patterns, they have been able to generate a global image of Mars like never before.

Thus, these new colors that are observed are greyish-black basaltic sands of volcanic origin in the case of bluish tones and material eroded by water, which are usually clay and sulfate minerals, in the lighter areas.