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Why The 'Happy Face Crater' on Mars Is Happier Than Ever NANCY ATKINSON, UNIVERSE TODAY 23 JANUARY 2021 Who has an even bigger grin than ten years ago? This goofy-looking crater on Mars. These two images were taken by the HiRISE camera (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and show how Mars' surface is changing over time – in this case, due to thermal erosion.   The first of these images was taken in 2011 and the other in December of 2020, at roughly the same season, and show a few different changes. There are color variations that are due...

Studying the face is more than just a diversion, though.  The 'Happy Face' crater snapped by HiRISE on December 13, 2020. Monitoring features like this 'helps us understand longer term climate trends on the Red Planet,' says researcher Ross Beyer  'Measuring these changes throughout the Martian year help scientists understand the annual deposition and removal of polar frost,' Beyer said. 'And monitoring these sites over long periods helps us understand longer term climate trends on the Red Planet.'  The smile on the figure appears larger because of how much frost has been lost to thermal e...

NASA spots frosty changes in grinning Mars 'Happy Face Crater' Smile, Mars, you're on camera. Listen - 01:37 Enlarge Image NASA's MRO viewed the "Happy Face Crater" on Mars in both 2011 and 2020 and found some changes in its complexion. NASA/JPL/UArizona Humans love to give fitting nicknames to formations out in space, whether it's the Crab Nebula or the Penguin and the Egg galaxies. You can see exactly why the "Happy Face Crater" on Mars got its unofficial moniker. It seems to be quite pleased that i...