Earth and Moon as seen from Mars Clouds in North Polar Region Tracked by MOC Over Five Day Period.

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Earth and Moon as seen from Mars

Clouds in North Polar Region Tracked by MOC Over Five Day Period

Viking July 31, 1976 MGS April,2001

Gullies and Streaks on Crater wall Kaiser October, 2002

Recent Movements: New Landslides in Less than 1 Martian Year

Layers, Boulders, and Dust Zephyrus Fossae region west of the Elysium Rise 18 May 2003

The Martian North Polar Cap in Summer - One Year Later early northern summer residual water ice remains through the summer

Rectilinear Ridges In South Polar Layered Terrain ("Inca City")

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Triple point of water Liquid water cannot exist below millibar Mars Pathfinder recorded pressures 6.77 millibar to 7.08 millibar and temperatures from -8°C at 2:30pm to -77°C at 5:30am MGS has recorded temperatures as high as +24ºC In the day, an astronaut would feel his head 10º colder than his toes

MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Minerals found on Mars include hydrated minerals resulting from weathering Deconvolution results for Martian surface spectral types 1 and 2. A Global View of Martian Surface Compositions from MGS-TES Joshua L. Bandfield, Victoria E. Hamilton, Philip R. Christensen Science, 3 March 2000, volume 287, pages Surface type 1 Model-derived modes (%) Microcline15.8 Andesine22 Bytownite21.5 Bronzite5.4 Augite112.4 Augite311.3 Serpentine4.8 Gypsum1.8 Calcite3.7 Dolomite0.9 Kaolinite2.4 Illite9.9 RMS error (emissivity) = Surface type 2 Model derived modes (%) Microcline15.7 Bytownite27 Actinolite6.1 Muscovite5.7 Bronzite1.6 Augite18.4 Forsterite (olivine)2.9 Gypsum4.5 Dolomite3.3 Fe-smectite9.2 Illite2.2 Obsidian Glass22.8 RMS error (emissivity)= 0.089

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