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Distance to the Sun =1.52 AU
Radius =3390km =0.53 Radius-of-Earth
Mass =0.11 Mass-of-Earth

 

global.gif (531956 bytes)  Global Topography of Mars    global2.gif (452103 bytes)      valmar.jpg (247606 bytes)

Maps of Mars' global topography.  Note the elevation difference between the northern and southern hemispheres. The Tharsis volcano-tectonic province is centered near the equator in the longitude range 220° E to 300° E and contains the vast east-west trending Valles Marineris canyon system and several major volcanic shields including Olympus Mons (18° N, 225° E), Alba Patera (42° N, 252° E), Ascraeus Mons (12° N, 248° E), Pavonis Mons (0°, 247° E), and Arsia Mons (9° S, 239° E). Major impact basins include Hellas (45° S, 70° E), Argyre (50° S, 320° E), Isidis (12° N, 88° E), and Utopia (45° N, 110° E). Note that the color scale saturates above 8 km.

 

Olympus Mons: the largest volcano in the Solar System

olympus.jpg (201076 bytes)olympers.jpg (37513 bytes)olympus2.jpg (873230 bytes)

 

Polar Caps: layers of ice and frozen carbon dioxide

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Valles Marineris

Westcan.jpg (130561 bytes)southcan.jpg (149313 bytes)ophirper.jpg (140456 bytes)VMarinerisWall.jpg (268040 bytes)CITE4.JPG (493142 bytes)

 

Canyons:

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Water Flows:

Cite_north.jpg (168601 bytes)cite1.jpg (170511 bytes)CITE2.JPG (447544 bytes)cite3.jpg (537569 bytes)

 

Landing Sites:

panoram1.GIF (1408586 bytes)panoram2.GIF (1780767 bytes)Yogi_stone.jpg (717781 bytes)stone.JPG (487719 bytes)vlpan12.jpg (101550 bytes)

 

Moons:phobos.jpg (22238 bytes)          Martian Meteorite: meteorite.jpg (48708 bytes)