Nasa's Mars images look like digital paintings, delights netizens

Nasa has posted some images of the surface of planet Mars on Twitter and they look like digital paintings.

If you follow Nasa on social media, then you must be aware of the intriguing photos and videos that the organisation shares that create a buzz among space enthusiasts. And their recent share is a case in point. The images from Mars that look like digital paintings are winning hearts and may have the same effect on you.

The pictures of Mars' surface released by Nasa.(Twitter/@NASAJPL)

Nasa JPL shared the images through its official Twitter handle. The organisation describes itself as Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages many robotic missions. "These images? They're Mars! NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is releasing one of its last rainbow-coloured maps, revealing dozens of minerals found on the Red Planet's surface. The 5.6-gigapixel map will be released in batches over the next six months," wrote NASA JPL in a Twitter post. The stunning images that show six views of the Nili Fossae region of Mars were captured by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), one of the instruments aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Take a look at the post below:

The post was shared by Nasa JPL a few hours ago. It has since racked up more than 2,700 likes and over 370 retweets. The share has also prompted people to flock to the comments section.

"I like pastel colors very much, they are the delight of human vision," posted an individual. "The only thing that separates these images from art is intent," commented another. "This actually makes a perfect phone wallpaper," shared a third.

"Why one of the last? Is the end in sight for MRO?" inquired a fourth Twitter user, to which Nasa replied and wrote, "Hey there! MRO's mission continues. The images were taken with its CRISM (Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars) instrument. CRISM's cryocoolers have completed their lifecycles and soon it will no longer be able to detect the full wavelength range for these images."