11. This is Your MOM´s Mars

Phil Plait, the author of this article is known to write many astronamy related articles. In this article, he talks about a picture taken by MOM (Mar´s Orbiter Mission) and how fascinating it is. He is amazed with the picture because there is just so much to see. He talks about the cloudy parts of the planet and the different colorted regions. He describes each region and tells us about whats going on in those regions.

Plait uses a lot of numbers and facts in this article, and since his job is to write articles, it makes those numbers more reliable. He does an effective job informing the readers about this new picture of mars. By looking at its context, the author is very exicted about this new picture and is willing to share it to everyone. Overall, this article fulfills its purpose, to inform the readers in an objective tone.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/09/29/mom_goes_to_mars_full_disk_view_of_the_red_planet.html