Natural Color:
Mars

This image of Mars was constructed from three different black-and-white images recording red light, green light, and blue light reflected from the planet.

The colors assigned to each of these images were chosen to simulate Mars’ actual colors.

Not surprisingly, the brightest black-and-white image of the red planet is the one taken through a red filter. However, note that the northern ice cap in these black-and-white images is equally bright in red, green, and blue light because its actual color is white.

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