Mars Imagery

Schiaparelli - Point Perspective

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Image and description from "Mission To Mars: Digital Color Mosaics" Vol.14-Planetwide collection prepared by USGS for NASA.

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Image and description from "Mission To Mars: Digital Color Mosaics" Vol.14-Planetwide collection prepared by USGS for NASA.

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These images of Mars' asteroid-sized satellites Phobos (right) and Deimos (left) were taken by the Viking Orbiter 2 and 1 respectively.
Phobos has a mean radius of about 11 kilometers, Deimos 6 km. Phobos is a little more than 9000 kilometers from Mars, while Deimos is more than 23,000 kilometers away from the planet. Both satellites are believed to be captured asteroids composed of carbon-rich rock and both are heavily cratered from impacts of meteoritic debris.

Viking Lander Images

(216k GIF) - Viking lander photo of the surface of Mars. In this image, the thick red sky is due to winds throwing Martian dust into the atmosphere.

(93k JPEG) -- Viking Lander 1 scene showing a rocky field with trenches made by the spacecraft sampling arm visible in the foreground. A Viking Lander 1 footpad is visible in lower right corner of photo.
High resolution image created by Mary A. Dale-Bannister, Washington University in St. Louis.

For more Mars imagery see: Exploring The Planets - Mars

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