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The dunes of Mars are almost free of their seasonal ice cap due to the arrival of the Martian summer, some ice can still be seen in the areas protected by the shade.:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/A23IIYK67REMJHAWOV5YV5JV7I.jpg "Fascinating Photos of the Dunes of Mars after the arrival of Summer on the Red Planet 1")
After seven months of a 480 million kilometers travel, NASA’s Perseverance rover will land over Jezero crater on Mars this Thursday.
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A space view of the planet Mars
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A frozen area of Mars
After penetrating the atmosphere of the red planet at high speed, a gigantic parachute will stop the ship and retro rockets will stabilize the platform a few meters above the ground, to deposit the rover thanks to a rope system: this will last 7 minutes.
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Mars and Earth have similar seasons.
The rover’s main mission is to search for traces of past life on the red planet. Experts hope to find fossils of bacteria or microbes.
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View of the Martian surface
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Mars can reach temperatures of 20 degrees during the day in summer
The axis of Mars is tilted 25.2º, an inclination very similar to that of the Earth’s axis. Therefore, the seasons of both planets are very similar.
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Mars is known as the red planet.:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/6A2CXWDJTVEV3FXYI5HX5L33IE.jpg "Fascinating Photos of the Dunes of Mars after the arrival of Summer on the Red Planet 8")
Summers on Mars last twice as long as on Earth.
One important difference is that since the year on Mars lasts 687 days, the seasons are almost twice as long.
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The year on Mars lasts 687 days.
Another influential factor for the manifestation of the seasons is the elliptical orbit of Mars, which makes the northern hemisphere more temperate than the southern hemisphere.
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Night temperatures on Mars during winter can reach -80 degrees Celsius
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The dunes of Mars have thawed during the summer
Summers in the south are hot and fast, while winters are cold and long.
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Part surface view
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Mars is normally a cold planet.:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/SGNIW4DPOFCU3GQTYQ7VWZ7QGI.jpg "Fascinating Photos of the Dunes of Mars after the arrival of Summer on the Red Planet 14")
During the Martian summer the hottest moment can reach temperatures of up to 20ºC during the day and drop to -80ºC at night.
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Rocks of mars
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However, the change from one season to another is not very noticeable. With some exceptions such as the variation in the size of the polar ice caps or the greater presence of dust storms during the summer.
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A crater on Mars
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A footprint on Mars
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View to the rocks of Mars
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