The Real Mars

"Here is the definitive guide to the past, present and future of a planet that has held the popular imagination like no other. Illustrated throughout, The Real Mars contains more than 100 surface and orbital images from Spirit, Opportunity, Mars Express, the Hubble Space Telescope and Earth-based observations, as well as those historic illustrations depicting Mars in fiction and mythology, movie images, book covers and drawings that adorned the pulp sci-fi stories of the 1930s. That imaginary Mars, seeming so exotic, is unquestionably eclipsed by the thrill of the real Red Planet."--BOOK JACKET.