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Why is Mars a red planet?

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Anonymous

∙ 12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Mars has a surface which is covered in red-orange dust.

The dust contains oxides of iron. Rust is made of iron oxides.

So, it's basically just rust. It's rusty dust.

That's the scientific answer.

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