Mars In True Colors!

This 360 image of the Red Planet was created from four separate images of the planet taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Mars is known as the Red Planet because iron minerals in the Martian soil oxidize, or rust, causing the soil and atmosphere to look red.

This image of Mars' rotation was composited from four separate images of the planet taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Mars is known as the Red Planet because iron minerals in Martian soil oxidize or rust, making the soil and atmosphere appear red.

Image credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

Music credit: “The Farthest Shore,” Max Cameron Concors [ASCAP], Hyperscore Productions [ASCAP], Universal Production Music