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Inner Solar System Planets Select the Inner Solar System link to complete this lab. A. Select Mercury 1. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA02943 . Hit enter View the photo 300 km Long Scarp. Q1. What caused this feature? These structures are believed to be formed by the compressive forces due to crustal shortening. 2. Select Mercury from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA02438 . Hit enter View the photo Heavily Cratered Terrain and Smooth Plain. Q2. These features make Mercury look similar to what other member of the solar system? The Moon B. Select Venus from the Image Gallery 1. Venus has three main surface features are volcanoes, highlands and rolling plains . Identify these three features in the following two photos. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00093 . Hit enter. View the photo Perspective View Ishta Terra. Q1. What are the red areas shown in this photo? High elevations 1 2. Select Venus from the Image Gallery.
Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00159 . Hit enter View photo Hemisphere View of Venus Centered 180 degrees. Q2. What is the large red/pink region? High elevation Q3. What is the blue/green area? Low elevation 3. Select Venus from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00103 . Hit enter View photo Venus 3D Perspective View of Lavinia Planitia. Q4. What is the large central object? Howe crater 4. Select Venus from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00102 . Hit enter View photo Venus 3D Perspective View of Estla Regio. Q5. What is the elevated object in the top left of the photo? Gula mons 5. Select Venus from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00268 . Hit enter View photo Venus 3D Perspective of Latona Corona & Dali Chasma Q6. What mineral is found on the scrap? Pyrite 6. Select Venus from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00246 . Hit enter View photo Venus 3D View of Eastern Edge of Alpha Regio. Q7. What is the cause of these “hills”? They may be the result of viscous or think eruptions of lava coming from a vent on the relatively level ground, allowing the lava to flow in an even lateral pattern. 2 7. Select Venus from the Image Gallery.
Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00072 . Hit enter View photo Venus Cloud Patterns (colorized & filtered) Q8. From what are the clouds made? Sulfuric acid C. Select Mars from Image Gallery 1. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA01004 . Hit enter View photo ASI / MET within color-enhanced panorama. Select Mars from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00979 . Hit enter View photo Roadrunner Flats Q1. What is the color of the Martian soil? Red 2. Select Mars from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA01466 . Hit enter View photo Improved MPF 360 degree color Panorama. Q2. What features and rocks are seen in this photo? “ Couch”, “Twin Peaks”, Lander petal, “Barnacle Bill”, “Yogi” 3. Select Mars from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00407 . Hit enter View photo Global Color View of Mars. Q3. What is the top feature? Ice caps Q4. What is the feature in the center just below the equator? Galapagos Islands 4. Select Mars from the Image Gallery. Using the Go directly to image (PI XXXXX) box, type in PIA00422 . Hit enter View photo Valles Marineris.
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