PLANET TOUR

The images below are a sample of those available on the CD-ROM 3-D Tour of the Solar System. Not all planets are included in this document.

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Images should be viewed using red-blue stereo glasses.

[  Mercury   |  Venus   |  Earth  |   Moon  ]

[  Mars  |   Asteroids  |   Jupiter  |   Saturn  |   Uranus  ]

[  Neptune  |  Pluto  |   Sun  ]

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MERCURY

SITE:	Discovery Rupes
REGION:	Discovery Quadrangle
PLANET:	Mercury
FEATURES:	Volcanic plains Thrust scarps Impact craters

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VENUS

Volcanos

SITE:	Pancake Dome
REGION:	Eistla Regio
PLANET:	Venus
FEATURES:	Volcanic domes Impact crater

Faults

SITE:	Corona
REGION:	Ovda Regio
PLANET:	Venus
FEATURES:	Corona Extensional fault

Craters

SITE:	Geopert-Meyer
REGION:	Ishtar Terra
PLANET:	Venus
FEATURES:	Impact crater Fold belts

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EARTH

Volcanos

SITE:	Mount Fuji
REGION:	Honshu, Japan
PLANET:	Earth
FEATURES:	Stratovolcanos Calderas

Rivers and Glaciers

SITE:	Darya-Ye Sut
REGION:	Afghanistan
PLANET:	Earth
FEATURES:	Valley networks Fault

Faults

SITE:	Sierra Madre Oriental
REGION:	Monterrey, Mexico
PLANET:	Earth
FEATURES:	Fold belts

Storms

SITE:	Typhoon Odessa
REGION:	Western Pacific Ocean
PLANET:	Earth
FEATURES:	Spiral cloud bands Eye wall Cirroform anvil

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MOON

SITE:	Monte Haemus	King Crater (Overview)
REGION:	Mare Serenitatis	Farside Terra
SATELLITE:	Moon	Moon
PLANET:	Earth	Earth
FEATURES:	Basin rim Volcanic plains Volcanic pits Graben	Complex impact crater

 

SITE:	Apollo 12 - Astronaut
REGION:	Oceanus Procellarum
SATELLITE:	Moon
PLANET:	Earth
FEATURES:	Astronaut Alan Bean

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MARS

Volcanos

SITE:	Olympus Mons
REGION:	Tharsis Montes
PLANET:	Mars
FEATURES:	Shield volcano (Overview)

Tectonics

SITE:	Acheron Fossae	Vedres Valles
REGION:	Arcadia Planitia	Lunae Planum
PLANET:	Mars	Mars
FEATURES:	Graben Extensional faults	Outflow channels Flooded crater

Viking 1

SITE:	Viking 1 Landing Site
REGION:	Chryse Planitia
PLANET:	Mars
FEATURES:	Rocks and dunes "Normal" view

Mars Pathfinder

SITE:	Mars Pathfinder Landing Site
REGION:	Ares Vallis
PLANET:	Mars
FEATURES:	Rocks Sojourner

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JUPITER

Volcanos

SITE:	Isis
REGION:	Osiris Region
SATELLITE:	Ganymede
PLANET:	Jupiter
FEATURES:	Impact crater Caldera Bright terrain

Faults and Tectonics

SITE:	Euboea Montes
REGION:	Tarsus Regio
SATELLITE:	Io
PLANET:	Jupiter
FEATURES:	Mountain Landslide Caldera

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SATURN

REGION:	Aeneas Region
SATELLITE:	Dione
PLANET:	Saturn
FEATURES:	Impact craters Smooth plains Extensional faults

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URANUS

SITE:	Inverness Corona
REGION:	Southern Hemisphere
SATELLITE:	Miranda
PLANET:	Uranus
FEATURES:	Extensional faults Lava flows Impact craters

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Selection and processing of these images by Dr. Paul Schenk and David Gwynn, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

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©Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2000