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The Martian leadership is described as: At the top of the steps on a magnificent golden throne, sat the Emperor himself. There are some busts of Caracalla which I have seen that are almost as ugly as the face of the Martian ruler. He was of gigantic stature, larger than the majority of his subjects, and as near as I could judge must have been ...
Over the next twenty years or so, as instruments improved and the number of observers also increased, various Martian features acquired a hodge-podge of names. To give a couple of examples, Solis Lacus was known as the "Oculus" (the Eye), and Syrtis Major was usually known as the "Hourglass Sea" or the "Scorpion".
The data from Mariner 9 and Viking allowed better maps of Mars to be made, and the Mars Global Surveyor mission, which launched in 1996 and operated until late 2006, produced complete, extremely detailed maps of the Martian topography, magnetic field and surface minerals. [237] These maps are available online at websites including Google Mars.
Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.The first Barsoom tale was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in pulp magazine The All-Story from February to July 1912 and published compiled as a novel as A Princess of Mars in 1917.
The mission studied the entire Martian surface, atmosphere, and interior, and returned more data about the red planet than all previous Mars missions combined. The data has been archived and remains available publicly. [75] A color-coded elevation map produced from data collected by Mars Global Surveyor indicating the result of floods on Mars
The New Jersey "Martian invasion" broadcast is part of American folklore. But some, even then, saw it as a fearful prediction of America today. How radio's Martian hysteria, on Halloween eve 1938 ...
Based on two Japanese anime series. A race of super-robots led by their leader, Black King, take over the world. Novel 2004 War Cloud Atlas: David Mitchell: One of the six novellas by Mitchell set in a post-apocalyptic future Novel 2004 War The People of Sparks: Jeanne DuPrau: The second book in DuPrau's City of Ember series. Novel 2004–2009 ...
It maintained military control over the enclave for the next four decades, up until Hamas' takeover in the 2000's. In the years of Israeli control, Palestinians launched two uprisings – called ...