Martian "Love" (EDM - Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)

This picture of a "heart-shaped" feature in Arabia Terra on Mars was taken on May 23, 2010, by the Context Camera (CTX) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A small Impact Crater near the tip of the heart is responsible for the formation of the bright, heart-shaped feature. When the impact occurred, darker material on the Surface was blown away while brighter material beneath it was revealed.

Some of this brighter material appears to have flowed further downslope to form the heart, as the small impact occurred on the Ejecta Blanket of a much larger Impact Crater.

The heart-shaped feature is about 1 Km (0,6 mile) long and is centered at 21,9° North Lat. and 12,7° West Long.

These pictures are subframes of the full CTX image B21_017910_2002_XI_20N012W, taken just at the start of northern summer on Mars. North is to the right, and illumination is from the upper right.