ESA’s Mars Express has returned a stunning close-up of the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Part of the Syrtis Major region on Mars (ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / G. Neukum) Syrtis Major, discovered in 1659 by Christaan Huygens, is a province on Mars dating back billions of years. This region can be spotted from Earth with relatively small telescopes – the near-circular dark area on the planet stretches over 1300 x 1500 km. Once thought to be a sea of...
