The European Space Agency released images of the crater, and honestly, it's making us hungry ...

If you're hungry, you may want to look away for a moment. Otherwise, it's just gonna provoke that hunger even more. Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) released an image of a crater on Mars, and it's a real treat!

Nicknamed the "Red Velvet" crater, the image was picked up by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)—a collaborative effort between the ESA and the Russian Roscosmos agency—and gives us all a rich look at the surface of the planet. (See what we did there?)

"Like a sprinkle of powdered sugar on a rich red velvet cake, this scene from the … [TGO] captures the contrasting colors of bright white water-ice against the rusty red martian soil," writes the ESA.

The 2.5-meter-wide crater is located above the north region of Vastita Borealis, the largest lowland region of the Red Planet. The "Red Velvet" crater is partially full of water ice.

Arriving at the planet in 2016, the TGO has since sent back reads on trace gases in Mars' atmosphere, specifically methane, which could have a biological source, reports say. The images of the crater were taken on July 5, 2021.

Alright, we're gonna end this article with one more look at "Red Velvet." Why? We beg to ask, why not? Just look at it ...

Courtesy of ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS

Anyone else craving red velvet cake now? Show of hands.