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How to create your own true colored Mars pictures

1. Get a standard red colored NASA/JPL image of Pathfinder or Viking
2. Start your favourite Image Manipulation Program (Photoshop, GIMP, ...)
3. Go to the menu Image->Colors->Curves or similar named menu to change the three RGB color curves
4. Adjust the Blue and Green curves like this and try to optimize the color by moving the upper point a little to the left or right
   
5. You got it!