Rocket and Astronaut
EasyAges 4-11
A rocket lifting off with an astronaut, stars and a crescent moon. Bold outlines for younger children.
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Mars Coloring Page
Mars is the fourth planet and the one children hear about most, because rovers have been driving across it for years. This sheet shows the two landmarks that make Mars famous.
The volcano and canyon give the page more detail than the earlier planets, so it suits children who are ready to work inside smaller shapes.
Learn While You Color
The red planet
Mars looks red because its dust contains iron oxide, the same chemistry as rust. The colour comes from the surface itself, not from anything in the thin Martian air.
Record-breaking landscape
Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest volcano known in the solar system, roughly three times the height of Mount Everest. The canyon system Valles Marineris runs longer than the United States is wide.
Two tiny moons
Mars has two small, lumpy moons called Phobos and Deimos. They are far too small to be round like our Moon, and are probably captured asteroids.
Fun facts
- A day on Mars is only about 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.
- Olympus Mons is around 22 km tall.
- Mars has seasons, because it tilts at almost the same angle as Earth.
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