Encyclopedia of the Solar System 2nd ed

320 Encyclopedia of the Solar System planet’s history so that the bulge had largely formed at the end of heavy bombardment. A mu ...

Mars: Surface and Interior 321 lobes, some superimposed on others, but all surrounded by a rampart. Other craters have distinct ...

322 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 3 View looking southeast across Tharsis. Olympus Mons, in the foreground, is 550 km ...

Mars: Surface and Interior 323 6. Canyons On the eastern flanks of the Tharsis bulge is a vast system of interconnected canyons. ...

324 Encyclopedia of the Solar System and some of the outlying depressions supports the lake hy- pothesis. If climatic conditions ...

Mars: Surface and Interior 325 FIGURE 7 Outflow channels around the Chryse basin, to the north and east of the canyons. Dark are ...

326 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 8 Teardrop-shaped islands and scour in Ares Vallis. The islands formed where flow wa ...

Mars: Surface and Interior 327 and tracks made by dust devils are visible on many high- resolution images taken from orbit. Dust ...

328 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 10 View from theSpirit Roverin the Columbia Hills. The level plains of Gusev are in ...

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330 Encyclopedia of the Solar System material though the mantle, and climatic conditions that hindered the flow of water across ...

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332 Encyclopedia of the Solar System TABLE 1 Landing Sites on Mars Site Latitude (deg.+N) Longitude (deg.+E) Elevation (km, MOLA ...

Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 333 60 ° 50 ° 40 ° 30 ° 20 ° 10 ° 0 ° 180 ° 210 ° 240 ° 270 °^300 °^330 ...

334 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 2 Regional color mosaic of Chryse Planitia, Ares Vallis, and theMars Pathfinder land ...

Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 335 strong evidence for surface processes involving water to de- termine ...

336 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 5 Regional setting of Meridiani Planum in MOLA shaded relief map (∼850 km wide). Not ...

Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 337 FIGURE 6 TheViking 1landing site. (a) Mosaic of theViking 1landing s ...

338 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 7 Color mosaic of theViking 2landing site showing flat rocky and dusty plain. Pitted ...

Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 339 FIGURE 11 False color mosaic of theOpportunitylanding site showing d ...