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The planet Mars is brought to life in this collection of accurate, accessible science graphics, designed to make understanding the Red Planet clear and engaging. These visuals highlight Mars’s volcanoes, canyons, polar ice caps, and evidence of past water, showing how its geology and climate compare with Earth. Perfect for educators, students, and space enthusiasts, this Mars graphic collection turns complex planetary science concepts into visually rich, easy-to-grasp resources for teaching and learning about one of the most intriguing worlds in our Solar System.

Mars topography (poster)

Comprehensive global maps depicting the topography of the Martian surface (MOLA), featuring polar regions.

Comprehensive global maps depicting the topography of the Martian surface, featuring polar regions. Represented is the digital elevation model (accessible at https://astrogeology.usgs.gov), derived from Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data collected by NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft (Albee et al., 2001; Smith and Zuber, 1999). The ‘lajolla‘ Scientific color map is used to guarantee precise and color-blind-friendly representation of the data.

  • Creator: Fabio Crameri
  • This version: 20.11.2023
  • License: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Specific citation: This graphic by Fabio Crameri adjusted from Crameri et al. (2020) is available via the open-access s-ink.org repository.
  • Related references:
    Smith, D. E., & Zuber, M. T. (1998). The relationship between MOLA northern hemisphere topography and the 6.1‐Mbar atmospheric pressure surface of Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(24), 4397-4400.
    Crameri, F., G.E. Shephard, and P.J. Heron (2020), The misuse of colour in science communication, Nature Communications, 11, 5444. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7
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Planetary body sizes

Artistic compilation of the sun, planets, dwarf planets, and the largest moons of our solar system. All planetary radii are to scale.

Artistic compilation of planetary bodies, including the sun, and the planets, dwarf planets, and the largest moons of our solar system. All planetary radii are to scale. Shown are the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth with the Moon, Mars, Jupiter with Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa, Saturn with Titan and Rhea, Uranus with Titania, Neptune with Triton, and Pluto with Charon, Eris, Naumea, Makemake, and Gonggong.

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Planetary spheres art

100-km depth contours outline the basic radial compositional structure of the planetary interiors of Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury.

No time to visit: 100-km depth contours outline the basic radial compositional structure of the planetary interiors of Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. To know about their interiors, one has to do measurements in their vicinity. If you want to travel there – and land –, it takes some serious time, mainly to adjust your space ship to the body’s particular orbital speed: To travel and land on Mars around 7 months, on Venus about 15 months, and on Mercury a whopping 6.5 years. Artwork is based on the data visualisation from s-ink.org/planetary-spheres.

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Planetary spheres

The interiors of rocky planets and the Moon represented by 100-km depth contours outlining the basic compositional structure.

The interiors of rocky planets and the Moon represented by 100-km depth contours outlining the basic compositional structure. Represented are the rocky planetary bodies Earth, with its Moon, Mars, Venus, and Mercury.

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Estimating Pi sketch

Estimating Pi using Geosciences impression as a flat design sketch.

Estimating Pi using Geosciences impression as a flat design sketch by Lucía Pérez Díaz from Wadsworth et al. (2022).

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Solar wind sketch

Solar wind impression as a flat design sketch.

Solar wind impression as a flat design sketch by Lucía Pérez Díaz.

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Rocky planets sketch

Rocky planets impression as a flat design sketch.

Rocky planets impression as a flat design sketch by Lucía Pérez Díaz.

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Mars terraforming

Terraforming Mars visually using scientific colormaps of Crameri (2018).

Theoretical terraforming Mars using the Scientific colormap ‘oleron‘ of Crameri (2018) highlighting the planet’s surface dichotomy. The animation shows the digital elevation model (available from https://astrogeology.usgs.gov) based on Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data (MOLA; Smith et al. 1999) obtained on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft (Albee et al. 2001).

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Mars topography (globe animation)

Animated Martian surface topography on the globe.

Martian surface topography globe animation. Shown is the digital elevation model (available from https://astrogeology.usgs.gov) based on Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data (MOLA; Smith et al. 1999) obtained on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft (Albee et al. 2001). The Scientific colour map ‘lajolla‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers.

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