Geography 2090A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hubble Space Telescope, Olympus Mons, Electromagnetic Spectrum
1 Nov 2018
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Tells us that there may be material that exists that we cannot see, until we hit it with a brighter form of energy uv rays, we will not see it. The way that light bounces off an object helps you determine what the object is (steel vs. plastic) Cameras and machines can focus on different wavelengths to understand spectral fingerprints of elements (for example, the reflection pattern observed from the moon is similar to water ice) Southern hemisphere: heavily created like the moon and mercury: northern hemisphere: flat and significantly lower than the south (ancient water oceans may have existed in the north) Image 1: olympus mons as imaged by mro (mars. jpl. nasa. gov). Mons is the largest mountain in the solar system. Thin atmosphere active enough to have wind power to make dust storms and dune. Surface is very inactive and dry compared to earth but active compared to dead planets.
