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Mars, The Universe, & The Best Images of NASA

Mars, The Universe, & The Best Images of NASA Robert Nemiroff Mars - The Red Planet Rocky red planet next out from the Sun Smaller, colder, dryer than Earth Martians have not invaded Earth in modern times But perhaps in ancient times (controversial) Earthlings continue to invade Mars

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Mars, The Universe, & The Best Images of NASA

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  1. Mars, The Universe, &The Best Images of NASA Robert Nemiroff

  2. Mars - The Red Planet • Rocky red planet next out from the Sun • Smaller, colder, dryer than Earth • Martians have not invaded Earth in modern times • But perhaps in ancient times (controversial) • Earthlings continue to invade Mars • August 28th Mars closer than in nearly 60,000 yrs • ~1000 MTUers there to see it • public awareness event (discovery-free zone)

  3. Top 10 Mars Pictures of All Time*

  4. Name This Martian Robot

  5. Pictured: An Ancient Martian?

  6. Mars Engulfed

  7. Unusual Gullies and Channels on Mars

  8. Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars

  9. A Face On Mars

  10. Close-up of the Face on Mars

  11. Olympus Mons on Mars: The Largest Volcano

  12. Slightly Above Mars Pathfinder

  13. Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars

  14. Top 5 NASA Images**Yes, it’s subjective!

  15. The Andromeda Deep Field

  16. STS-1: First Shuttle Launch

  17. Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation

  18. M16: Stars from Eagle's EGGs

  19. Earth Rise

  20. Top Five Space Images* **** to appear on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website

  21. WMAP Resolves the Universe

  22. Earth at Night

  23. M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

  24. A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence

  25. Inside the Eagle Nebula

  26. Most of these images can be found here:

  27. Image Credits • Top Mars: All NASA • Top NASA: All NASA (no joke!) • Top APOD: • Earth at Night: DMSP Satellites • Microwave Background: WMAP, NASA • Sun: SOHO, NASA • Andromeda Galaxy: © Robert Gendler • Eagle Nebula: © AURA, NOAO, NSF

  28. Postscripts • The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is available online at http://apod.nasa.gov/. • The Universe: 365 Days book is available at most bookstores including B. Dalton’s at the Copper Country Mall. • Support the Van Pelt Library: Join the Friends of the Library!

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