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A Short History of Martian Canals in Maps

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Alex 0 Comments Mars

In 1877, the Italian cosmologist Giovanni Schiaparelli published a map of Mars. On this map, the planet’s surface was crisscrossed by straight lines from 60° north to 60° south latitude, each rod-straight and up to thousands of miles long. Schiaparelli called these lines “Canali”, Italian for “channel”. This was incorrectly translated into English as “canals”.

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A geologic map of Mars
Geologic maps Space 

Mapping Mars: The Topography and Geology of the Red Planet

June 29, 2019July 23, 2019 Alex 0 Comments Mars

Mars is home to dizzyingly tall mountains and deep canyons. Olympus Mount the tallest mountain in the Solar system it’s about two and a half times taller than Mount Everest.

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Climate Change Interactive maps Mars Space 

How the Grand Canyon compares with Mars’ Valles Marineris

May 10, 2017June 29, 2019 Alex 0 Comments Mars, United States

Valles Marineris is the most prominent tectonic feature on Mars, consisting of troughs up to 4000 km (2,500 mi) in length, 200 (120 mi) km in width, and 10 km (6.3 mi) in depth. It’s the largest canyons in the solar system.

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Mars with water
Mars Space 

How would Mars look like with water?

July 3, 2016August 3, 2020 Alex 0 Comments Mars

The two polar ice caps seem to be made mostly of water. If only the south polar ice cap melted water cover Marse’s surface to a depth of 11 metres (36 feet).

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