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is Mars really red when you see Mars in

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the night sky it definitely has a

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reddish tint to it people have been

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noticing that for a long time even the

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ancient Egyptians called Mars the red

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one so where does that redness come from

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well a lot of rocks on Mars are full of

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iron and when they're exposed to the

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great outdoors they oxidize and turn

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reddish the same way an old bike left

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out in the yard gets all rusty when

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rusty dust from those rocks gets kicked

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up in the atmosphere

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it makes the Martian sky look pink from

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a long way away the whole planet looks

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kind of reddish but if you get a

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close-up view with an orbiter Lander or

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Rover you'll see that a lot of Mars is

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actually more of a butterscotch color

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depending on what minerals are around

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some landscapes can be more golden brown

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tan or even a little greenish so in fact