Every picture I have seen of the Martian Surface is a rusty greyish reddish brown color, with lots and lots of rocks.
That picture doesn’t look like Mars at all...is it in the Polar Region?
I wondered that myself.
Hmm, this sez it’s on the equator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavonis_Mons
Image:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Tharsis_Quadrangle_map-la.svg