Mars surface color
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The surface of the planet Mars appears reddish from a distance because of rusty dust suspended in the atmosphere.wikipedia



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The surface of the planet Mars appears reddish from a distance because of rusty dust suspended in the atmosphere.
The latter refers to the effect of the iron oxide prevalent on Mars' surface, which gives it a reddish appearance distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye.









Iron
FeFe 2+ Fe(III)
The rest of the iron in the dust, perhaps as much as 50% of the mass, may be in titanium enriched magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ).
The proverbial red color of the surface of Mars is derived from an iron oxide-rich regolith.









Dust
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The surface of the planet Mars appears reddish from a distance because of rusty dust suspended in the atmosphere.









Atmosphere of Mars
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The surface of the planet Mars appears reddish from a distance because of rusty dust suspended in the atmosphere.









Shades of orange
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From closeup, it looks more of a butterscotch, and other common surface colors include golden, brown, tan, and greenish, depending on minerals.









Egyptian language
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One of its earliest recorded names, Har decher, literally meant "Red One" in Egyptian.


Jyotisha
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Its color may have also contributed to a malignant association in Indian astrology, as it was given the names Angaraka and Lohitanga, both reflecting the distinctively red color of Mars as seen by the naked eye.
Mangala
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Its color may have also contributed to a malignant association in Indian astrology, as it was given the names Angaraka and Lohitanga, both reflecting the distinctively red color of Mars as seen by the naked eye.

Nanophase material
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Martian dust is reddish mostly due to the spectral properties of nanophase ferric oxides (npOx) that tend to dominate in the visible spectrum.
Iron(III) oxide
ferric oxideFe 2 O 3 iron oxide
Martian dust is reddish mostly due to the spectral properties of nanophase ferric oxides (npOx) that tend to dominate in the visible spectrum.
Hematite
haematitehematitichaematite iron ore
The specific npOx minerals have not been fully constrained, but nanocrystalline red hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3 ) may be the volumetrically dominant one, at least at the less than 100 μm sampling depth of infrared remote sensors such as the Mars Express OMEGA instrument.









Titanium
Tititanium oretitanian
The rest of the iron in the dust, perhaps as much as 50% of the mass, may be in titanium enriched magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ).









Magnetite
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The rest of the iron in the dust, perhaps as much as 50% of the mass, may be in titanium enriched magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ).









Chlorine
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The mass fraction of chlorine and sulfur in the dust is greater than that which has been found (by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity) in the soil types at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum.









Sulfur
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The mass fraction of chlorine and sulfur in the dust is greater than that which has been found (by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity) in the soil types at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum.









Mars Exploration Rover
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The mass fraction of chlorine and sulfur in the dust is greater than that which has been found (by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity) in the soil types at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum.









Spirit (rover)
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The mass fraction of chlorine and sulfur in the dust is greater than that which has been found (by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity) in the soil types at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum.









Opportunity (rover)
OpportunityOpportunity roverOpportunity'' rover
The mass fraction of chlorine and sulfur in the dust is greater than that which has been found (by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity) in the soil types at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum.









Gusev (Martian crater)
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The mass fraction of chlorine and sulfur in the dust is greater than that which has been found (by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity) in the soil types at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum.






Meridiani Planum
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The mass fraction of chlorine and sulfur in the dust is greater than that which has been found (by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity) in the soil types at Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum.







Feldspar
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In addition, remote sensing observations of atmospheric dust (which shows slight compositional and grain size differences from surface dust), indicates that the bulk volume of dust grains consists of plagioclase feldspar and zeolite, along with minor pyroxene and olivine components.







Zeolite
zeoliteszeoliticdachiardite
In addition, remote sensing observations of atmospheric dust (which shows slight compositional and grain size differences from surface dust), indicates that the bulk volume of dust grains consists of plagioclase feldspar and zeolite, along with minor pyroxene and olivine components.






Pyroxene
clinopyroxeneorthopyroxenepyroxenes
In addition, remote sensing observations of atmospheric dust (which shows slight compositional and grain size differences from surface dust), indicates that the bulk volume of dust grains consists of plagioclase feldspar and zeolite, along with minor pyroxene and olivine components.





Olivine
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In addition, remote sensing observations of atmospheric dust (which shows slight compositional and grain size differences from surface dust), indicates that the bulk volume of dust grains consists of plagioclase feldspar and zeolite, along with minor pyroxene and olivine components.









Basalt
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Such fine material can be generated easily via mechanical erosion from feldspar-rich basalts, such as rocks in the southern highlands on Mars.








