How a small Highland village became twinned with Mars Updated: July 21, 2021, 8:14 am Glenelg (Earth) twinned with Glenelg (Mars) It was an idea born in the study of a small house on a Highland glen, but it soon captured the attention of the world – and even NASA. Thirty-five million miles separate them, however, the connection between the Highland village of Glenelg and its namesake on Mars remains. In fact, as you enter Glenelg – the Earth one, that is – you are instantly informed of the community’s ties with its Martian namesake. First time a community had been twinned with another planet