What are Those Canali?

Giavanni Schiaparelli

Oppositions of 1877, 1879 and 1882

Observed linear "canali"

  The Canali in 1877

The Canali in 1879

Did he mean "channels" or "canals?"

Percival Lowell

Opposition of 1894

The Canals in 1894

No visible oceans!  (? !!) and seasonal variations

Dry planet

Canals were for irrigation (? !!)

    The Current view

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