Messages from Mars and NASA's Future on the Red Planet

            Viking, Odyssey, the Mars Global Surveyor and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter surveyed the martian landscape from space and sent images back to earth.  There are wonders on mars and I've included seven  of them in this video.  They are (in the order of appearance):

Valles Marineris - the largest canyon in the solar system, 4 times longer and 5 times deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon.

Chasma Boreale - a long flat valley that cuts into Mars' north polar icecap.  Its walls of ice rise 4600 feet above the floor. 

Olympus Mons - the largest volcano in the solar system, three times higher than Mount Everest. 

Tatoos in the Martian Soil - twisting dark trails criss-crossing light-colored terrain, the work of miniature dust devils.  

Bunge Crater Dunes - fans and ribbons of dark sand dunes across the floor of Bunge Crater. 

Serpentine dust devils that rise 12 miles high. 

The Face on Mars - a picture taken by Viking 1, the face was popularized as a potential "alien artifact."  However, a more detailed view by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows that it is nothing more than a natural geological formation.  

All images courtesy of NASA.

Taken on: September 16, 2013

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