Photographed a blue crater on the surface of Mars - La Vanguardia

Barcelona. (Editorial) -. According to NASA astronomers, Mars is annually hit by more than 200 rocks, but few have left a crater as big as recently photographed by the HiRISE camera.

Wednesday Widespread image shows a crater about 30 meters in diameter surrounded by a zone of blue . This differs from the red tones normally associated with Mars due to the lack of red dust, reports the official website of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA (JPL, for its acronym in English) in Pasadena, California, USA ., as recounted RT .

According to scientists, the impact of the explosion that formed the crater was so powerful that the surface debris fell by 15 kilometers.

According to the images of this area of ??Mars in July 2010 and in May 2012, this brand appeared on the surface of the Red Planet sometime between that time interval.

Analysis of the latest high resolution photo obtained the November 19, 2013, for its part, could help astronomers to increase knowledge about what caused the crater.

One of the main objectives of scientists is studying the surface features of the planet, including areas that may contain water which indicate the existence of an ancient sea or lake and craters, which may be a danger to the rovers Mars.