Ius Chasma (Valles Marineris)
Contemporary Mars
Southern Ridge of Holden Crater
Terraformed Mars
Elysium Mons Sunrise
Gusev Crater (Landing site of the Spirit MER2003 rover. “Ancient view after duststorm.”)
Misty sunrise at the Tharsis. The volcano Olympus Mons seen from the Lycus Sulci.
Low sunlight doesn’t reach the western ridge of Schiaparelli Crater (450k in diameter).
View from Cave at the Northern Ridge of Gale Crater (Cone of the Crater at Left)
To the Right the Ridge of the Heimdall Crater (Phoenix Landing Site)
Ancient Watery View of the Chryse South Region, Outflows of the Ares Valles and Valles Marineris.
Northpole (left) & Vastitas Borealis. At top Korolev Crater (85 km in Diameter).
A Misty Morning on the Slopes of One of the Eroded Mountains in the Valles Marineris
Concept for National Geographic: Mars during the period of loosing it’s water some billion years ago.
Salty deposits, cracks in the mud, forming of hematite, dust devils and falling meteors.
Sunset at the Terra Cimeria. The Gale Crater, landing site of the Curiosity Rover,
as seen from the Aeolis Mensae.
Mars about 4 billion years ago. The Vastitas Bolearis filled with water, the large lake at
the bottom right is the Meridiani. The Opportunity Rover found evidence of such
an inner sea. Made for National Geo. July 2005 issue.