NASA's first color photo from the Mars Ingenuity helicopter shows us the Red Planet's reds
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Mars is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because of the rusty, reddish-orange sandscape blanketing the planet. That comes into sharp focus in our first color photo snapped by the Mars Ingenuity helicopter.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
That was taken about 17 feet above the ground. You can clearly see the sandy red-orange...