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Credit & Copyright: Viking Project,
NASA
Explanation:
"Yes, I have been to Barsoom again ..." begins John Carter in Edgar Rice
Burroughs' 1913 science fiction classic
"The Gods of Mars".
In Burroughs'
novels describing Carter's adventures on Mars, "Barsoom" is the
local inhabitants' name for the Red Planet.
Long after Burroughs' stories were published,
Mars
continues to inspire
Earthdwellers'
interests and
imagination.
Soon it will again be invaded by
spacecraft from Earth.
This dramatic picture of a crescent Mars was taken by NASA's
Viking 2 spacecraft as
it approached Barsoom in 1976.
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mars - fiction - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Viking project
Publications with words: Mars - fiction - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Viking project
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