So what’s the main thing that gives the Red Planet its redness? What are the views of scientists?
Come, let’s raise the glaze curtain.
The red color of Mars is, of course, the most prominent feature that distinguishes it from other planets.
But new studies open different doors to us why Mars has this color and breaks almost all memorization. Compared to the human beings, the rusting in Mars rocks, as previously supposed to be in the dry environment, is not the formation of hematitis, but by the influence of water.
In fact, this planet is very strong in terms of iron and a long time ago as a result of rusting processes as a result of the fact that it becomes red color.
In addition, the rocks containing iron for billions of years breakdown, causing the surface of the planet to be covered with a bright red dust. This dust is so heavy that even when viewed with the naked eye on Mars, it looks red in the sky late.
But of course there are different ways to rust a rock.
As a result of new research, there are strong proofs on the surface of Mars that there are once liquid water. In addition, the information obtained through reconnaissance tools indicate that this planet is a wet planet in the past.
But there is a problem here. In other words, spacecrafts that examine the planet are collecting a measure of mars dust, and in the observations made on this dust, there is no random trace of the presence of water.
In this case, scientists think that the mineral, which gives the color to Mars, is a ‘hematitis’ that can have a reddish color, which is formed under dry conditions, not wet.
Compared to this theory, hematitis occurs after the water on the surface of Mars disappears.
On the other hand, a few scientists underlined that a different mineral named ‘Ferrihidrit’ may cause rusting of the planet Mars. Because Ferrihidrite is a iron oxide mineral formed rapidly in the presence of cold water.
In fact, different scientists thought that Ferihidrit had a contribution to the redness of Mars, and he had done different studies for it, but not enough proofs were not reached.
Then, the samples were sent to the laboratory in order to connect to a definite conclusion whether the cause of this redness was hematitis or ferrihidritis. The most adequate match was provided by ferrihidritis, not with hematitis.
This ultimately shows that this mineral was formed when Mars is already wet, and then spread to the widespread areas.
