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  • ...flock to our National Parks, like the Grand Canyon, to see similar groups of layered rocks. Dark slope streaks, features unknown on Earth, are common i ...as Arabia Terra. It also contains a part of Terra Sabaea and a small part of Meridiani Planum. It lies on the boundary between the young northern plains
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  • ...ove’’ at its head, a fan-shaped ''apron'' at its base, and a single thread of incised ''channel'' connecting the two. The whole gully resembles an hourg ...idence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars | url = | journal = Science | volume = 288 | issue = | pages = 2330–2335 | doi=10.1126/scie
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  • ...down at exactly 2:52:59 p.m. EST. We found out about the landing by way of two small experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats. They were launched See the [[Interior of Mars]] for more information of Mars' structure.
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  • [[File:Marsoceanimage.jpg|600pxr| Drawing showing the extent of ocean on Mars]] ...ns on Mars. Nevertheless, it must be said that although there are decades of accumulated evidence for a Martian ocean, the idea remains controversial. <
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  • ...e:Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An artist's impression of the '''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter''' above the Red Planet.]] [[File:MRO Liftoff.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Lift off of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Atlas V on August 12, 2005]]
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  • ...Decades ago, theoretical studies showed that ice could exist under a cover of material that needed to be very thick near the equator, but at higher latit [[Image: Mars Odyssey spacecraft model.png |thumb|200px|left|Artist view of Mars Odyssey]]
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  • ...| date = 2000 | title = Ancient sedimentary rocks of early Mars | url = | journal = Science | volume = 290 | issue = 5498| pages = 1927–1937 | doi = 10.112 Layers show up in the walls of craters.
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  • ...ania quadrangle once had a large lake. The region includes a wide variety of features that are widespread on Mars, but extremely rare on the Earth. Eri ...Kepler Crater is named after Johannes Kepler who developed Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
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  • File:USGS-Mars-MC-23-AeolisRegion-mola.png|Labeled topo map of Aeolis quadrangle Colors indicate elevation File:PIA00183-MC-23-AeolisRegion-19980605.jpg|Image of the Aeolis Quadrangle (MC-23). The northern part contains Elysium Planitia.
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  • ...f>https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/</ref> This quadrangle covers parts of many regions: Chryse Planitia, Arabia Terra, Xanthe Terra, Margaritifer Ter ...web|url=http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/rover/descrip.html|title=Description of the Rover Sojourner|</ref>
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  • </gallery>The most famous feature of this area is the [[Hellas Basin|Hellas]] basin, a impact crater 2300 km in ...> Many places in the Hellas quadrangle show signs that the ground is full of ice, especially with glacier-like flow features.
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  • ...itude. Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle contains Margaritifer Terra and parts of Xanthe Terra, Noachis Terra, Arabia Terra, and Meridiani Planum. ...what the landscape looks like in this region. The origins and significance of all features will be explained as they are currently understood.
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  • ...ion Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Volume 112, Issue E5</ref> <ref>https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi ...l36camerascomparedwidthslabeled.jpg|HiRISE images are 5 km wide and can be of various lengths. HiRISE is far more powerful than the camera on Mars Globa
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  • ...ted Silicates in Crustal Outcrops in the Northern Plains of Mars | url = | journal = Science | volume = 328 | issue = 5986| pages = 1682–1686 | </ref> ...orldwind.arc.nasa.gov/.</ref> The Ismenius Lacus quadrangle contains parts of regions named Acidalia Planitia, Arabia Terra, Vastitas Borealis, and Terra
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  • ...r, but both have the same land area. Mars has about one third the gravity of the Earth.]] ...dioxide (dry ice) produces the ubiquitous gullies found in numerous areas of the planet.
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  • ...nstruments for scientific investigation. One of the goals is to find signs of life on the Martian surface or a few centimeters below. ...ter the famous science fiction writer Ray Bradbury was picked for the name of the touchdown spot.<ref > Pyle, R. 2014. Curiosity. Prometheus Books. A
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  • ...face. Many of the scenes shown here are about one would see at the height of a helicopter. ...find sites that could contain interesting features. I was lucky that many of my suggestions were photographed, and I was able to gather them together fo
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  • ...sh program as of March 2016.<ref>McEwen, A. et al. 2016. THE FIRST DECADE OF HIRISE AT MARS. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016) 1372.pd ...little different since the gravity of Mars is only about one third as that of the Earth.
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  • ...ces /><big>The Advancements In and Importance of the Observational History of Mars as a Pathway for a Human Mission</big> ...ible in order to ensure the safest arrival, visit, and eventual settlement of Mars. Between Elon Musk and SpaceX to Robert Zubrin and the Mars Society, t
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