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Oceans Form
An artwork of the early Earth around 3.8 billion years ago, when its oceans were
forming. Both the Moon (right) and the Earth are heavily cratered. There are two
possible sources for Earth's water: it may have
separated out from the rocks shortly aft...
Keywords:
... primitive, primordial, seas, the Earth, water
...
Mars Evolution
Artwork depicting Mars in three different epochs: the Noachian Period (4.1-3.7 GYa),
the Hesperian (3.7-3.0 GYa) and the Amazonian (present). The Noachian Mars was a
cold, snowy and watery world with rivers, lakes and
small seas from melting snow. Si...
Keywords:
... ian Period, rivers, seas, Solar System, water
...
Mars Present and Past
In this animation, we see Mars in its present form, transitioning to a water world in its ancient past, billions of years ago.
There is now overwhelming evidence that Mars once had large bodies of water - possibly even before the Earth did....
Keywords:
... ellite, seas, Solar System, transition, water
...
Martian Noachian Period
Artwork depicting Mars during its Noachian Period, roughly 4100-3700 million years
ago. The period is characterised by high rates of meteorite impacts, volcanism and
possibly abundant surface water - however, the water is thought to have been localiz...
Keywords:
... , Tharsis, Valles Marineris, volcanism, water
...
Eyeball Planet Cold - V1
... an entire slew of such planets around nearby stars, and have dubbed them
'eyeball planets'. For example, on a world rich in water, the side that permanently faces away from its star
is likely frozen, while the other hemisphere remains liquid - creat ...
Keywords:
... ozen, ice, terrestrial, tidally locked, water
...
Eyeball Planet Cold - V2
... an entire slew of such planets around nearby stars, and have dubbed them
'eyeball planets'. For example, on a world rich in water, the side that permanently faces away from its star
is likely frozen, while the other hemisphere remains liquid - creat ...
Keywords:
... ozen, ice, terrestrial, tidally locked, water
...
Mars During Noachian - V1
Artwork depicting Mars during its Noachian Period, roughly 4100-3700 million years
ago. The period is characterised by high rates of meteorite impacts, volcanism and
possibly abundant surface water - however, the water is thought to have been localiz...
Keywords:
... , Tharsis, Valles Marineris, volcanism, water
...
Mars During Noachian - V2
Artwork depicting Mars during its Noachian Period, roughly 4100-3700 million years
ago. The period is characterised by high rates of meteorite impacts, volcanism and
possibly abundant surface water - however, the water is thought to have been localiz...
Keywords:
... , Tharsis, Valles Marineris, volcanism, water
...
Mars Evolution - No Labels
Artwork depicting Mars in three different epochs: the Noachian Period (4.1-3.7 GYa),
the Hesperian (3.7-3.0 GYa) and the Amazonian (present). The Noachian Mars was a
cold, snowy and watery world with rivers, lakes and
small seas from melting snow. Si...
Keywords:
... ian Period, rivers, seas, Solar System, water
...
Martian Noachian Extremes - V1
... ars during the Noachian Period (4100-3700 million years ago), when Mars was cold
but wet and volcanic. At its warmest (left) water
flowed more freely on the surface, whereas at the other extreme (right) substantial
amounts of surface water froze. The ...
Keywords:
... rivers, seas, Solar System, volcanism, water
...