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1 Plate tectonics Image from http://www.umt.edu/geosciences/faculty/hendrix/g100/L17.html

2 Earth’s magnetic field and plate tectonics Image modified from http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/alvarez_02

3 Radar imaging Images from http://hosting.soonet.ca/eliris/remotesensing/bl130lec13.html and http://ganymede.nmsu.edu/tharriso/ast110/class08.html Dark is smooth Rough is bright

4 Terrestrial planet interiors Image from http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~20~20~120294~226993:Terrestrial-Planet-Interiors

5 Mercury’s day and year 3 days every 2 years Animations…. – Rotation and orbit: Rotation and orbit http://www.messenger-education.org/Interactives/ANIMATIONS/Orbit_Rotation/orbit_rotation_full.htm – The Sun in the sky: The Sun in the sky http://www.messenger-education.org/Interactives/ANIMATIONS/Day_On_Mercury/day_on_mercury_full.htm

6 Earth’s interior http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/1121CrMaLiAsthenosphere.jpeg

7 http://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/notes/seismology/seismo_interior/seismo_interior.html

8 Earth’s interior, cont. P waveS wave http://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/notes/seismology/seismo_interior/seismo_interior.html

9 The Moon’s surface Images from http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/clementine/images/ and http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_17/experiments/lnp/

10 Venus Images from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10124, http://atmos.nmsu.edu/~nchanove/A105S04/lecture_21.html, and http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/venusglobe.jpg VisibleUV Radar


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