The first thing we noticed on the planet was that we felt so light. On Mars things weigh less than on Earth. John says on Earth he weighs 50kg, but on Mars he only weighs 20kg. It's because the gravity pulling him to the ground is less on Mars than the gravity on Earth. The coollest thing is that we can jump really high.
We have two main tourist attractions to see on Mars. They are a huge volcano called Olympus Mons and a huge canyon called Valles Marineris.
Olympus Mons
Here is a picture Jane took of the giant volcano on Mars called Olympus Mons. It is the biggest volcano in the whole solar system.
The volcano is:
* 25km high (that's 3 times as high as Mt Everest)
*700km wide at the base (that's about as big as all of NSW!)
Valles Marineris
Here is a picture John took of the giant canyon called Valles Marineris. It is the biggest canyon in our solar system.
* 4000 km long (that's as twice as long as Australia),
* 500 km wide (that's twice as wide as Tasmania),
* 7 km deep (that's nearly as high as Mt Everest).
The day on Mars take about 24 hours which is the same as on Earth. But the years take 687 Earth Days which is about twice as long as a year on Earth.
(References/Image Sources:
http://fisica.cab.cnea.gov.ar/estadistica/abramson/celestia/gallery/slides/Valles%20marineris%202.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEv5PrtzyfFizYdz1dlYk3-m-4vEFm4jNDTAFnWhv3v_aS8OWdU31IQNmVp4Ku4MvE6cKR8HotS1LN0EJvmCdhp5UNYYayw8xKnZjtxJYf3CNNrsMLjnMLUCcV4at6twXGsgjGCyG78cs/s1600/OlympusMons01v01.jpg
http://www.marsquestonline.org/index.html)
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