Mars’ double Green Crater

The European Space

Agency (ESA) and Russia’s Roscosmos jointly operate the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, which is currently circling the Red Planet and snapping images of its terrain with high clarity and resolution. The subject of this picture, taken on 27 April 2020, is a crater inside a larger impact, known as Green Crater. Both of these craters are located in Argyre quadrangle region of the Mars’ southern hemisphere. The ExoMars team are currently studying this image to investigate how seasonal ice – shown here as bright, white patches – relates to the presence of gullies on the surface.