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Mars

Mars. Atmosphere - 95% CO 2 , N, Ar, very little O - very thin, 0.007 Atm - no liquid water. Geology - red surface (iron oxides) - Big Volcanoes, hot spot volcanism - Rifts, no plate tectonics - craters - evidence of past liquid water on surface - polar ice caps (water and frozen CO 2 ).

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Mars

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  1. Mars

  2. Atmosphere - 95% CO2, N, Ar, very little O - very thin, 0.007 Atm - no liquid water

  3. Geology - red surface (iron oxides) - Big Volcanoes, hot spot volcanism - Rifts, no plate tectonics - craters - evidence of past liquid water on surface - polar ice caps (water and frozen CO2)

  4. Moons - Diemos, Phobos - Small - Captured Asteroids

  5. Viking - 1976

  6. Mars Global Surveyor 1997 - 2006

  7. A Martian River Bed

  8. Valles Marineris

  9. Olympus Mons

  10. The “Face” (Viking)

  11. The “Face” (Global Surveyor)

  12. The “Happy Face”

  13. Kermit the Frog

  14. Martian Valentine

  15. South Polar Ice Cap

  16. River Channel Delta

  17. Pathfinder - 1996

  18. Pathfinder Landing Assembly

  19. Mars Odyssey – 2001 - ?

  20. Mars Rovers Spirit & Opportunity Arrived Jan 2004

  21. Panoramic Image from Opportunity

  22. Spirit looks back at its empty nest

  23. Spirit gets a look at Adirondack

  24. The RAT on Adirondack

  25. Opportunity goes for a drive

  26. Opportunity digs a trench

  27. Microscopic Dust Grains

  28. More Evidence of Water From Spirit

  29. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Arrived- March 2006

  30. An image from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

  31. Sand Dunes and Ripples

  32. CTX image of two different terrains

  33. Martian winds in action Dust Devil Tracks

  34. Salt deposits from an ancient lake

  35. New craters formed between April & June 2008 500 m

  36. Gullies in a Crater Wall

  37. Deimos in High Resolution

  38. Phobos in High Resolution

  39. The Curiosity Mars Rover

  40. Image of Curiosity from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

  41. A view of Mt. Sharp

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