069-Trans-Mars-Injection
Viking One departs earth enroute to Mars, venting fuel from the discarded booster creates a blue glow ; gouache on illustration board, 1975
070-Mars-Orbit-Insertion
Viking fires its engines above Mars to become the first artificial object to orbit another planet ; gouache on illustration board, 1975
074-Ten-Feet-Over-Mars-Viking-landing
Viking's engines shut off and it drops to a soft landing. Color of the Martian sky is as conceived prior to first landing ; acrylic and gouache on masonite, 1975.
076-Viking-Orbiter
As the lander explores the surface, the Viking Orbiter photographs Mars and its moons and serves as a radio relay ; gouache on illustration board, 1975
158-Martian-Moonrise
Phobos and Deimos poised above horizon of Mars
160-Valles-Kasei-2
Valles Kasei 2 - Dry river valley on Mars, based on sketch made below Zabriskie's Point in Death Valley
163-Mars-Telescopic
Mars sketched while observing through a 6" Newtonian reflector telescope under excellent conditions.
167-Deimos-First-Step
First Step on Deimos - an astronaut drifts down to the surface of Mars' inner moon, pulled by its feeble gravity
255-Mars-Base.jpg
astronauts set up Mars base at edge of ancient river valley - painting by Don Dixon
283-Phobos-Base.jpg
a spaceship orbits above a domed base on Mars' inner moon
323-VikingLanding
Hamilton Collection plate commemorating landing of Viking One on Chryse Planitia, Mars, July 20, 1976
370-Aldrin-Mars-Cycler
Buzz Aldrin Mars Cycler - painting by Don Dixon for Scientific American
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Astronauts set up a relay antenna near a Mars colony. Digital, 2005
405-Mars-Colony-02
Astronauts set up a relay antenna near a Mars colony. Version 2. Digital, 2005.
469-mars-nanedi-valles
View of the dusty Martian surface from the flanks of Nanedi Valles, an ancient flow channel. Oil on masonite, 2006. © 2007 Don Dixon / cosmographica.com cosmographica home
041-Phobos
The larger Martian moon Phobos, known at the time of this painting to be a dark, potato shaped asteroidal body, orbits about 3,700 miles above Mars. Gouache on illustration board, 1974; artwork © Don Dixon/cosmographica.com
042-Mars-Vertical-View
sinuous valleys course for hundreds of miles across the Martian desert, providing evidence of ancient rivers. Gouache on illustration board, 1975. artwork © Don Dixon/cosmographica.com
043-Valles-Marineris
Mars' grand canyon stretches for nearly 3,000 miles - gouache on illustration board painting by Don Dixon, 1974. The Martian sky is incorrectly depicted as deep blue, as was currently believed. © Don Dixon
357-Mars-Impact
Asteroid Impact on Mars Ejects Meteorites to Earth - digital, 1997, © Don Dixon
159-Martian-Mists
Fog fills the valleys at the edge of Mars great canyon, the Mariner Valley. Acrylic on canvas, 1990