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This stunning image of Mars crater by NASA will leave you mesmerised

New Delhi, Apr 14: Netizens have been left completely stunned after NASA released an image of a Mars crater. NASA in a caption wrote, 'the Martian crater marks the spot.

The image was captured by using High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA informed that they are looking at 0° longitude on Mars, which is the Greenwich Observatory equivalent on the Red Planet.

This stunning image of Mars crater by NASA will leave you mesmerised

"The map is projected here at a scale of 50 centimetres (19.7 inches) per pixel," NASAalso wrote.

The past has got over 449,000 like and many have said that they are in awe of the image. "Looks like an alien footprint on Mars," one user said while another said, "all
of God's creation encompasses beauty and the universe is not an exemption.""Something spectacular that leaves you speechless!!!" anotehr user wrote.

NASA said that a large crater sis within a second rocky basin designated the Airy Crater. The Airy Crater originally defined the zero-longitude for Mars. However as scientists started capturing more detailed images of the surface, they needed a more precise marker. Hence NASA designated the smaller crater called Airy 0 as its Prime Meridian in order not to alter the existing maps.

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