Google has made a giant leap beyond even the moon to give googlers their first close up of MARS.
http://www.google.com/mars/
The images were taken by a series of orbiting instruments: the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter creates a map colour-coded by altitude while the Mars Orbiter Camera offers a visual dipiction of the red planet. Both are aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.
and "NO" this is certainly not a April Fools joke... those images r awesome