With its arid deserts and soft, red earth, Edinburgh’s unmistakeable features are instantly recognisable - even if they are to be found 140 million miles away.
NASA has released the latest images of a section of Mars named after the Capital, offering the opportunity to see how the city compares with its distant cousin.
Captured by the mast camera mounted on the US space agency’s Curiosity rover, the images show the peak of ‘Mount Sharp’ - the Martian equivalent of Arthur’s Seat - in the background of the cracked rust-coloured surface.
