Schiaparelli's Mars. Computer artwork of Mars,based on maps of the planet drawn by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli between 1877 and 1878. Schiaparelli saw many dark lines criss-crossing the planet and called them 'canali' (channels),which was mistranslated as 'canals'. Today it is known that these canali were merely optical illusions | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
Bildgröße: | 5046 px × 3476 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |