Brief Outline: NASA did not release 2,540 stunning new photos of Mars? And does the first one show a crater that appears to be filled with liquid water? All are old, as earlier released back in 2016.

Facts Check: Not recent

What is Viral? 

If it’s quiet solitude and beauty you seek, there is no better place than the surface of Mars. Mars has earned its moniker as the red planet, but the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) can transform the subtle differences of soils into a rainbow of colours.

NASA Has Just Released 2,540 Stunning New Photos of Mars

If it's quiet solitude and beauty you seek, there is no better place than the surface of Mars. Mars has earned its moniker as the red planet, but the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) can transform the subtle differences of soils into a rainbow of colours.

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Facts Check Analysis: Viral photo message claiming to be from NASA, The images recently went viral through a gallery published on June, 6 2018 titled "NASA Has Just Released 2,540 Stunning New Photos of Mars" (archive here).

It is quite easy to take it as new images on social media.

NASA has recently released any such pictures list; however the exact same pictures already appeared in November 2016, titled: Escape Election Day hell with 2,540 gorgeous new photos of Mars.

The first discovery of liquid water on Mars was announced only this year and the water was actually contained under a polar cap:

Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars

Researchers have found evidence of an existing body of liquid water on Mars. What they believe to be a lake sits under the planet's south polar ice cap, and is about 20km (12 miles) across.

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