APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Barsoom
Explanation: “Yes, I have been to Barsoom again ...” begins John Carter in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1913 science fiction classic “The Gods of Mars” . In Burroughs' novels describing Carter's adventures on Mars, “Barsoom” is the local name for the red planet. Mars continues to inspire Earthdwellers' interests and imagination . Soon it will again be invaded by spacecraft from Earth . This dramatic picture of a crescent Mars was taken by NASA's Viking 2 spacecraft in 1976.
| Date | June 28, 1997 |
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| Credit | Credit: The Viking Project, NASA |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |