Mars

Mars 19180329-2130

Key to Objects on the DrawingsNorth polar capCerauniusTharsisTithonius LacusSolis LacusThaumasiaAonius SinusBosphorus GemmatusAuroræ SinusOphirGangesLunæ LacusTempeSketch published in JRASC, 1918.

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Mars 19180324-2100

Key to Objects on the DrawingsNorth polar capIndistinct shadings in Eden and ArabiaSinus SabæusSolis PonsSyrtis MajorOsiridis Prom.Nili PonsWhite regionNeith RegioSketch published in JRASC, 1918.

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Mars 19180322-2115

Key to Objects on the DrawingsNorth polar capMare AcidaliumEdenEdomSinus SabæusDeucalionis RegioSyrtis MajorOsiridis Prom.Nili PonsWhite regionSketch published in JRASC, 1918.

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Mars 19180320-2130

Key to Objects on the DrawingsNorth polar capMare AcidaliumBaltiaTempeHydaspesIndusAromatum PromontoryAuroræ SinusMargaritifer SinusDeucalionis RegioFastigium AryaSinus SabæusWhite RegionSketch published in JRASC, 1918.

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19180300 Mars

Published in JRASC, 1918.

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Lowell Lecture

Toronto Meetings 1916
The Meetings Are Open To The Public

A SPECIAL MEETING will be held in the Auditorium of the

CENTRAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL,
Harbord and Lippincott Sts.,
on THURSDAY, APRIL 27th, 1916, at 8 o'clock.

Professor Percival Lowell
A.B., L.L.D.,
Director of the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz.,

will give an illustrated lecture on

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Chant Slide 050

50. Four views of Mars, showing canals. (Lowell)

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Chant Slide 049

49. Two views, showing seasonal change on Mars. (Lowell)

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Chant Slide 048

48. Three photographs of Mars, showing rotation. (Yerkes Obs.)

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The Clouds of Mars

by K.E. Chilton

This was written to augment a talk by Robert G. Speck to the Discussion Group of the Hamilton Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on April 22, 1976.

PRE-MARINER FINDINGS

Three main cloud types have been distinguished in the thin, dry, cold Martian atmosphere: white, blue and yellow clouds, so named for the colours which they predominantly reflect.

White Clouds:

White clouds vary considerably in thickness, brilliance and extent. They can be subdivided into three categories:

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