Nobody knows for sure. The red colour is only a couple of millimeters thick and is composed mostly of iron oxides. These oxides appear to have become airborne and settled as a fine coating.
Scientists think that these oxides came from volcanoes which erupted in the past and wind erosion has created the dust.
Mars's soil is red because it is very rich in iron oxide, or rust.
No. Iron oxide (rust) gives Mars it's red color.
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it is called the red planet
Its reddish color and that it is known as THE RED PLANET
Mars is known as the red planet. This is because the iron in the soil gives it a red color. Mars is thought to have once had lakes and oceans.
Mars is the color of Red!!!
Mars is the red color of rust.
the name mars came from its color red. sometimes the word mars can be used as the color red in a different language.
No. Iron oxide (rust) gives Mars it's red color.
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Its the hot red dust already on Mars which is blown in the atmosphere
Mars (A.K.A. The Red Planet).Mars, "the red planet."
The iron in the soil on Mars gives the planet its red color.
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