PubTalk 1/2003 — Exploring Mars
(Public domain.)
Detailed Description
Recent Discoveries and Upcoming Missions
By Michael H. Carr, Planetary Geologist
- Thirty years of Mars exploration have revealed a spectacularly diverse planet
- Dry river valleys and layered sediments suggest a warm, wet past
- Huge floods may have created transient oceans
- Towering volcanoes, deep canyons, and global fracture systems dwarf their counterparts on Earth
- Two US rovers and a European lander, to be launched this May and reach Mars in January 2004, are expected to shed new light on how the planet evolved
Details
Image Dimensions: 320 x 240
Date Taken:
Length: 01:11:32
Location Taken: Menlo Park, CA, US
Transcript
Contact wmcesic@usgs.gov for transcript.