Wind and water have shaped Schiaparelli on Mars 10 December 2010
Schiaparelli in high resolution Schiaparelli in perspective The
small crater embedded in the north-western rim of the
Schiaparelli impact basin features prominently in this new image
acquired by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) operated by
the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und
Raumfahrt; DLR) on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. The image was
acquired on 15 July 2010. All around is evidence of water in the
past and the strong Martian winds that blow periodically.
Schiaparelli on Mars Schiaparelli is a large impact basin about
460 kilometres in diameter located in the eastern Terra
Meridiani region on the equator of Mars. The centre of the basin
lies at about 3°S/17°E and it is named after the Italian
astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910). Although he also
studied Mercury and Venus, he is best known for his observations
of the Red Planet. During the 'Great Opposition' of 1877, when
Mars passed close to Earth, Sc