Figure 7-6: R I V U X G
A Terrestrial Planet Mars is composed mostly of heavy elements such as iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, nickel, and sulfur. The planet’s red surface can be seen clearly in this Hubble Space Telescope image because the Martian atmosphere is thin and nearly cloudless. Olympus Mons, the extinct volcano to the left of center, is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
A Terrestrial Planet Mars is composed mostly of heavy elements such as iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, nickel, and sulfur. The planet’s red surface can be seen clearly in this Hubble Space Telescope image because the Martian atmosphere is thin and nearly cloudless. Olympus Mons, the extinct volcano to the left of center, is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
(Space Telescope Science Institute/JPL/NASA)