A Chinese spacecraft has captured images of Mars circling around the planet over 13 hundred times
The crewless shuttle reached the Red Planet early last year… deploying a robotic rover.
Some of the photos captured the south pole… a first for China.
The area is known for its large water reserve… hidden under the south pole ice, which was detected by the European Space Agency’s orbiting probe.
Water is a key element in determining whether a planet has the potential for life.
Other images include a 4,000 kilometre long canyon and impact craters in the north of Mars.
