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This NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) planet profile provides data and images of the planet Mars. These data include planet size, orbit facts, distance from the Sun, rotation and revolution times, temperature, atmospheric composition, density, surface materials and albedo. Images with descriptions include surface features such as canyons, volcanoes, Viking 1 and 2 landing sites, the South Pole, plateaus, the Schiaparelli Crater, Amazonis Plains, Cerberus Crater, Valles Marineris, Chasma, Olympis Mons, and images of Mars two moons Phobos and Deimos. Images were taken by the Viking 1 and 2 Landers and the Viking Orbiter Spacecraft.
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Copyright 1995-2001, California Institute of Technology. U.S. Government sponsorship acknowledged. Welcome to the Planets is a trademark of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. JPL images are available for use by the public free of charge. However, by electing to download images from this web site the user agrees that Caltech makes no warranties or representations with respect to its ownership of copyrights for the images, does not represent others who may claim to be owners of rights in the images, and makes no warranties as to the quality of the images.
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DLESE-000-000-002-602
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