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)

Mots clés

planète exploration la science système solaire astronomie couleur couleur Gorge Grande siècle analyse concept vaisseau spatial orbite phénomènes normaux lander LA NASA Mars les années 70 navette spatiale 20e siècle Oxford Science Archive photographie Unknown National Aeronautics and Space Administration photographie