
Sujet
Part of the Grand Canyon, Marineris Vallis, on Mars, 1976. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Part of the Grand Canyon, Marineris Vallis, on Mars, 1976. This view was taken by the Viking Orbiter 1 spacecraft. The canyons are some 4000 kilometres long and are over 6 kilometres deep in places. Two Viking spacecraft were launched towards Mars in 1975, each carrying a lander spacecraft and an orbiter. Both successfully landed their probes on Mars to study the Martian environment, soil constituents and to search for simple life forms, however none was found.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1976
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/NASA
Notre référence
HRM19B63_260
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,9Mo (3,0Mo) / 35,6cm x 35,1cm / 4210 x 4144 (300dpi)