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This is Mars

Title
  1. This is Mars / Alfred S. McEwen, Francis Rocard, Xavier Barral ; collaborations by Sébastien Girard and Nicolas Mangold.
Published by
  1. New York, N.Y. : Aperture, [2013]
Author
  1. McEwen, Alfred S.

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Additional authors
  1. Rocard, Francis
  2. Barral, Xavier
Description
  1. 269 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations; 36 cm
Summary
  1. This Is Mars offers a previously unseen vision of the red planet. Located somewhere between art and science, the book brings together for the first time a series of panoramic images recently sent back by the U.S. observation satellite MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Since its arrival in orbit in 2006, MRO and its HiRISE telescope have been mapping Mars's surface in a series of exceptionally detailed images that reveal all the beauty of this legendary planet. Conceived as a visual atlas, the book takes the reader on a fantastic voyage; plummeting into the breathtaking depths of the Velles Marineris canyons; floating over the black dunes of Noachis Terra; and soaring to the highest peak in our solar system, the Olympus Mons volcano. The search for traces of water also uncovers vast stretches of carbonic ice at the planet's poles.
Subject
  1. Space photography
  2. Pictorial works
  3. Mars (Planet) > Pictorial works
  4. Mars (Planet) > Exploration
  5. Exploration of Mars (Planet)
Genre/Form
  1. Pictorial works.
Contents
  1. Preface / Xavier Barral -- Plates / edited by Xavier Barral and Sébastien Girard -- HiRISE : a new view of Mars / Alfred S. McEwen -- A geology of excess / Francis Rocard -- The map of Mars / established according to the U.S. Geological Survey -- A short history of observations of the planet Mars / compiled by Francis Rocard and Nathalie Chapuis -- Geomorphology of the plates / Nicolas Mangold.
Call number
  1. JSG 14-3
Author
  1. McEwen, Alfred S., author.
Title
  1. This is Mars / Alfred S. McEwen, Francis Rocard, Xavier Barral ; collaborations by Sébastien Girard and Nicolas Mangold.
Publisher
  1. New York, N.Y. : Aperture, [2013]
Edition
  1. First Aperture edition.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Added author
  1. Rocard, Francis, author.
  2. Barral, Xavier, editor.
ISBN
  1. 9781597112581
  2. 1597112585
Research call number
  1. JSG 14-3
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