The photo on this page is a photo from NASA. It is the first panorama from Spirit. Photos like this were the inspiration for
the poem. This copy was obtained from pdphoto.org

        Mars

Mars is cold and far away
However we can see today
Those eternal views
Of the red sands that sway
NASA and ESA are giving
Mankind a new place to play
Our children will look
From there even futher away

------Raymon Purgason
Mars- An original poem by Raymon Purgason
copyrighted and published.