Mars mission landing sites. Topographic map showing the landing sites of various NASA Mars missions and one of the shortlisted potential sites for the

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Mars mission landing sites. Topographic map showing the landing sites of various NASA Mars missions and one of the shortlisted potential sites for the planned 2016 InSight mission (far right). The colour-coding indicates elevation relative to a reference datum, as Mars has no 'sea level'. The lowest elevations are dark blue, with the highest white. The difference between green and orange is about 4 kilometres vertically. Image based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.

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Photo credit: © NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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