Schiaparelli's Mars,historical artwork. Map of the planet Mars,drawn by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1909,showing the southern polar cap (white,upper right). 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: | 4134 px × 2802 px |
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