Amazonis

[ am-uh-zoh-nis ]

noun

1. an area on the equator of Mars.

Example Sentences

If I’m wrong, come find me in the Barsoom Lounge overlooking the Amazonis Planitia, and I will pay up.

From New York Times

This Martian dust devil was captured in motion on the volcanic plains of Amazonis Planitia by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

From Nature

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught this dust devil dancing across the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.

From National Geographic

During spring, when Mars is the farthest from the sun, the planet gets less sunlight, but even then dust devils relentlessly scour the surface and move around freshly deposited dust. This dust devil, 30 yards wide, was whirling around the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.

From Slate

A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this stunning, late springtime image of Amazonis Planitia.

From Time