- Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system, rising three times as high as Mount Everest and covering an area the size of Missouri
- Tharsis Planitia, the "high plains of Mars," with plains rising 29,000 feet--wide enough to cover Europe.
- Valles Marineris, an equatorial canyon so vast that America's Grand Canyon would be a mere tributary.
The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet
Publication Date: 26/09/2003
In this extraordinary Baedeker--accessible, up-to-date, and prodigiously illustrated with photographs from Mariner 9, Viking, Pathfinder, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the ongoing mars Global Surveyor spacecraft--visitors will encounter:
- ISBN:
- 9780761126065
- 9780761126065
- Category:
- Popular astronomy & space
- Publication Date:
- 26-09-2003
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Workman Publishing
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 450
- Dimensions (mm):
- 228x135x28mm
- Weight:
- 0.81kg
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