Figure A: In this enhanced-color version of the mosaic, the color bands of the image have been processed to improve visual contrast and accentuate color differences.
If you look at nasa’s pages about this site (mount Washburn), the word “blue” never comes up. In fact they were more interested in a single white boulder that stood out to them. Another page for example.
according to NASA:
I believe the top image on that page is natural color.
If you look at nasa’s pages about this site (mount Washburn), the word “blue” never comes up. In fact they were more interested in a single white boulder that stood out to them. Another page for example.