#Meteoroid pictures series#

Not just that, the space agency has also shared details about sounds from the exact moment when one of the meteors hit the Martian surface.

“The ground is not actually blue this enhanced-color image highlights certain hues in the scene to make details more visible to the human eye – in this case, dust and soil disturbed by the impact,” the statement further points out.

#Meteoroid pictures series#

“The instrument recorded seismological data that showed the moment the meteoroid enters Mars' atmosphere, its explosion into pieces in the atmosphere, and finally, the impact that created a series of at least three craters in the surface,” underlines the space agency in a statement.Īfter the seismic waves were detected, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - using its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera - flew over the approximate site where the impact was 'felt' to look for darkened patches. This is the first time that the impact was recorded in this manner of the meteroids hitting the planet. Revealing details on one of the images, the space agency says that a small marsquake was detected by the InSight lander’s seismometer. Marsquakes, meteroids and craters on the Red Planet - NASA has unveiled images that capture the impact of meteoroids on the neighbouring planet in its latest updates from the InSight Mission.Ĭraters can be seen on the surface of the Red Planet in the photographs.