Drawing of Mars showing 'canals' and dark areas, 1896. Artist: Unknown

Drawing of Mars showing 'canals' and dark areas, 1896. Artist: Unknown

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Drawing of Mars showing 'canals' and dark areas, 1896. The American astronomer Percival Lowell (1855-1916) theorised that a Martian civilization, faced with climate change, had built the canals to transport water from the planet's ice caps to irrigate crops. In fact the canals did not exist; they are now thought to have been optical illusions possibly caused by dust storms. From Mars by Percival Lowell. (London, 1896).


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  1. Percival Lowell: American: Astronomer

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  1. 002097
  1. 0390001527
  1. 1-152-580
  1. 1152580
  1. 1527

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