Parts of Mars are named after our nearby National Parks

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The radical astatine NASA look to person an affinity for naming areas connected Mars aft California’s National Parks.

Earth's Kings Canyon National Park welcomes thousands of visitors each year; Kings Canyon connected Mars is simply a desolate country wrong the ample Gediz Vallis and has had lone 1 visitant (that we cognize of) and that was the Curiosity Rover.

Earth's Milestone Peak is successful Sequoia National Park - but determination is besides a Milestone Peak connected Mars. The Martian highest stands retired from its neighbors, rife with grey rocks aligned successful a somewhat antithetic absorption from the remainder of the Gediz Vallis Ridge.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama portion parked beneath Gediz Vallis Ridge

In Yosemite's backcountry is the reservoir Lake Eleanor - but Lake Eleanor is besides the sanction of a funny stone that was crushed by Curiosity’s wheel. Scientists accidental the light-toned worldly stood retired from the remainder of the rocks successful the area.

Also successful Yosemite is Lyell Glacier, but Lyell Glacier is the sanction of different Martian stone that piqued NASA scientists' involvement due to the fact that of its antithetic antithetic colored coatings.