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Valles Marinaris. Valles Marineris. Mars. Early Earth-based observations showed canali on the surface of Mars. Canali means “water channel”. Same as last slide. Sinuous Channels. Sinuous valley Evidence of water flow on Mars!. Mars Topography. Cratered Terrain. The Tharsis Volcanoes.
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Mars • Early Earth-based observations showed canali on the surface of Mars. • Canali means “water channel”.
Mars • Has two moons: Phobos and Deimos methane ice caps and CO2
Mars • Two tiny moons, orbit close to Mars' surface. • These are probably asteroids captured by Mars early in its history.
Moons of Mars Phobos Deimos
Mars • The Viking landers sent back close of views of a barren Martian surface.
Mars • Mars has neither civilization nor fields of plants, but microbial life forms still seem possible.
Life on Mars? • In 1996, a team of U.S. scientists said they had discovered evidence of ancient, single-cell life on Mars… • ...in remains from a meteorite that plunged to Earth 13,000 years ago.
Layer of rust dust Huge sand storms very little atmosphere Visited by Viking and Pathfinder missions
Terrestrial Planet Atmospheres Major Component Clouds? Planet Mercury None None Sulfuric Acid Venus CO2 H2O Earth N2 Mars CO2 Ice (H2O and CO2)