Astronomy 121
Lab Assignment

Due Date: End of Lab Period

This assignment makes use of Internet Resources listed on the class page. The assignment is to use the Mars and Viking Image browsers to learn about and see some of the prominent geological features on the surfaces of Mars and Venus.

Please try to navigate around these image browsers and identify large impact craters, raised areas that resemble continents, volcanoes, plains, and large chasms on Venus and Mars.

Some relevant browsers are listed below:

  • Magallen Mission to Venus
  • Center for Mars Exploration
  • The Nine Planets
  • Imaging Directory of Planetary Surfaces

    Using the Mail to Nuts feature, please send some brief email describing the places that you went.

    return to the class page