The red planet

Mars is sometomes called the red planet because it shines with a reddish gleam. Fierce windstorms whip sand up from the plains of mars and fill the air with dust. This dust gives sky of mars its strange crimson colour. Like earth, mars has volcanoes, canyons and mountains but they are many bigger than those on earth. In fact, mars is more like our earth than any of other planets. It is not as close to the sun as mercury and venus, so it is not as hot as they are. Mars even has seasons like those on earth but they last twice as long.