Meanings
plural Marsscapes · alternative Marscape · alternative marsscape · alternative marscape
- astronomyA view of an area of Mars; a Martian landscape.
These pictures reveal, in the bright region west of the Sinus Meridiani, a totally unexpected Marscape of confused terrain that is like nothing man has seen on Earth, moon, or Mars before.
1969 November, Arthur Fisher, “Science Newsfront: Last-minute news and notes to keep you up-to-date”, in Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, page 22
Origin
From Mars + -scape, after landscape.
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