Planetary Collection (page 20)

Spacecraft lands on Mars, artwork
Spacecraft landing on Mars. Artwork of a spacecraft landing from a manned mission to Mars. The Martian atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide and surface temperatures are well below freezing

Spacecraft lands on Mars
Spacecraft landing on Mars. Artwork of a spacecraft landing from a manned mission to Mars. The Martian atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide and surface temperatures are well below freezing

Astronaut landing on Mars, artwork
Astronaut landing on Mars. Artwork of an astronaut controlling a spacecraft descent onto Mars. A heads up display (HUD) is seen projected onto a window pane

Mars colony, computer artwork. The first bases on Mars are likely to resemble chemical plants. They will have sealed buildings to protect colonists from the thin atmosphere that is nearly all carbon

Astronauts on Mars, computer artwork. Humans will require protection to explore the surface of Mars because the thin atmosphere is nearly all carbon dioxide

Mars base. Computer artwork of an astronaut at a base on Mars. Humans will require protective suits and sealed buildings when living on Mars

Martian sunrise, artwork. Mars is a rocky desert world with no surface water. The orange colour of the rocks is due to a high content of iron oxides

Martian rock. Micrograph of a patch of rock on Mars. This is a close-up of part of a bedrock outcrop near to where the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on 24 January 2004

Martian dust devils, artwork. Mars is a rocky desert world with no surface water. Wind erosion creates sandy deserts, and thermal heating creates localized vortices that can spin dust up into

Martian volcanos. Artwork of active volcanos erupting on the surface of planet Mars. The volcano at top centre, emitting a smoke plume, is typical of the shield structure found on Mars

Mars Global Surveyor image of Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris canyon on Mars. Coloured high- resolution image from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft of the Valles Marineris canyon (at centre). The vast canyon is 6000 km long

Artwork of sunrise over the surface of Mars
Sunrise over Mars. Artwork of the Sun rising over the surface of Mars. Mars surface is largely made up of dusty soil and irregular boulders

Surface of Mars
View of the dusty, rock-strewn surface of Mars, taken by one of the two the Viking landers, with part of the spacecraft visible in the foreground

Viking 1 Lander photo of Martian sunset
Colour-enhanced image of sunset on Mars, recorded by the Viking 1 lander. Part of the spacecraft is just visible at bottom right, coloured dark blue

Mars before terraformation, artwork
Mars before terraformation, computer artwork. Terraforming is the process of making another planet Earth-like. On Mars this would involve raising the temperature so that water remains liquid

Mars close approach 2007, HST image
Mars close approach 2007, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. Mars is a cold desert world, with an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide

Water on a prehistoric Mars, artwork
Water on a prehistoric Mars. Computer artwork of water on Mars at some point in its past. Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun

Terraforming Mars, computer artwork
Terraformed Mars, computer artwork. North is at top. Terraforming is the process of making another planet Earth-like so that it may be habitable by humans

Argyre crater, Mars, computer artwork
Argyre crater. Computer artwork of the surface of Mars, showing the Argyre impact basin (large area, centre) and the Galle crater, which lies on its eastern rim at upper right

Mars topographical map, satellite image
Mars topographical map. Three-dimensional composite satellite image of the surface of Mars. Topographical features are labelled in black. North is at top

Mars, October 2005, HST image
Mars, Hubble Space Telescope image. North is at top. A large dust storm is seen at centre (brighter orange area). Mars was 43 million kilometres from Earth during this close approach on 28 October

Water on a prehistoric Mars. Computer artwork of water on Mars at some point in its past. Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun

Mud on Mars

Tharsis volcanoes, Mars

Olympus Mons, morning view

Water-filled Gusev crater, Mars. Artwork of the Gusev crater (large indentation, mid-centre), as seen millions of years ago when Gusev was filled with water and mud

Gusev crater and river, Mars
Gusev crater, Mars. Artwork of the Gusev crater (mid-centre), the Apollinaris Patera volcano (upper left) and river Ma adim Vallis (lower centre)

Olympus Mons, Mars

Drying Mars in its past
Drying Mars. Image 3 of 4. Artwork of thin clouds and wet areas (dark) on Mars billions of years ago. It is thought that liquid water existed on Mars early in its history

Water on Mars in its past
Water on Mars. Image 2 of 4. Artwork of water and clouds on Mars billions of years ago. It is thought that liquid water existed on Mars early in its history, but was lost to space over time

Mars. Artwork of the planet Mars seen from space. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and it is a rocky desert world. Its diameter is around half Earth s

Water on Mars. Cutaway artwork of a section of the Martian crust showing water ice (blue) trapped in cracks below the surface. Mars is a barren planet of rock and has no liquid water

Mars water erosion
Martian water erosion. Gullies and channels on the surface of Mars thought to indicate the presence of liquid water in its recent history

Martian topography. Three-dimensional map of the topography of Mars. Elevation is colour-coded, from white (highest) through red, yellow and green to blue (lowest)

3-D topography of Mars
Mars global topography. Three-dimensional map of Mars showing the topography of the entire planet. The south pole is at the bottom of the left image, with the north pole at the top of the right one

Volcano on Mars
Martian volcano. Coloured Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image of the Apollinaris Patera volcano (upper centre) near the Martian equator. A patch of clouds (white) is seen by its lower left edge

Optical image of Mars in the constellation Virgo
Mars. Optical image of the planet Mars (bright orange, centre left) in the constellation Virgo. North is at top. The bright blue/white star to the right of Mars is Spica (Alpha Virginis)

Mars northern hemisphere

Mosaic of images showing one of Mars hemispheres
Mars. Mosaic of images taken by the Viking I and II probes showing the globe of Mars. The image is centred on 90 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude

Point perspective Viking mosaic, Valles Marineris
Colour-enhanced fish-eye view of Mars. Mosaic of images made by the Viking Orbiter, centred on the Valles Marineris canyon system

View of the Valles Marineris canyon system, Mars
Oblique view of the central region of the giant Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars, computer- processed from Viking spacecraft imagery & topographic maps of the planet

Computer-mosaic image of Mars
Computer-processed mosaic of Mars, made from data gathered by the Viking Orbiters in 1980. At the top of the crescent is the bright Arabia region

Viking photo of sunrise over Martian canyons
Viking Orbiter photograph of sunrise over the Noctis Labyrinthus, a region of canyons at the western end of the Valles Marineris, Marss great canyon system

Viking 1 spacecraft photograph of Mars. The picture shows the giant volcano Olympus Mons at top right, the 3 volcanos forming the Tharsis Mountains at centre right

Viking photo of Mars showing volcano & ice plume
Viking Orbiter 2 photograph of crescent Mars, showing a cloud plume of water ice being blown off the summit of the volcano Ascreaus Mons (upper centre)

Soviet experiments on lunar soil, 1970
Soviet experiments on lunar soil. The first Soviet mission to return a sample of lunar soil to the Earth was Luna 16, which landed back on Earth on 24 September 1970

Soviet lunar rock sample, 1970
Soviet lunar rock sample. The first Soviet mission to return a sample of lunar rock to the Earth was the robotic probe Luna 16, which landed back on Earth on 24 September 1970

Big Mulie, lunar rock collected by Apollo 16 crew
This lunar rock, known as Big Mulie, was collected by the Apollo 16 crew during EVA-1. The rock is being studied by Brown-Root-Northrup technicians at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory

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