Canals on Mars

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries , it was erroneously believed that there were " canals " on the planet Mars . These were a network of long straight lines in the equatorial regions from 60° north to 60° south latitude on Mars, observed by astronomers using early telescopes without photography. They were first described by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli during the opposition of 1877, and attested to by later observers. Schiaparelli called these canali (" channels "), which was mistranslated into English as "canals". The Irish astronomer Charles E. Burton made some of the earliest drawings of straight-line features on Mars, although his drawings did not match Schiaparelli's.

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Canals on Mars is an episode from Citation Needed by Citation Needed Media.

This episode is 33:59 long.

This episode was published on Dec 24, 2025.

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