1)Introduction
-An iconic image taken from the surface of mars of a sunset on the 19th of May, 2005.

2)Description
-This is a photo of a sun rise over a landscape. The landscape can barely be seen from the gloom of dusk. Culturally we are used to seeing pictures of dusk, yet this changes our notion of home because its eerily familiar to us yet worlds apart.

3)Iconography
-This is a image we are used to seeing on our planet. An undefined landscape with a rising sun.  I would say it was taken somewhere on earth.  Culturally we are used to seeing pictures of dusk, yet this changes our notion of home because its eerily familiar to us yet worlds apart. This image was taken on the surface of Mars by the Mars Rover. The sun is associated with life in many cultures present and past. There is something strangely poetic about this photo, such beauty in such a harsh and unforgiving place. Is this a snapshot of what earth will look like in the distant future. Once teeming with live now dead and baron.  Many believe that mars bore life far before earth. So does earth await the same faith. What does this image say about the future of humans as a species. One day we will venture away from our home toward a new one. Earth will be but a distant memory , a memory that will pass into legend and then into myth.

4)Iconology
-This image was taken to determine how high into the atmosphere dust rises, and to spot ice clouds over the Martian surface. Other images have shown that the twilight glow remains visible for up to two hours before sunrise or after sunset. The long twilight on Mars is caused by the sunlight that is scattered around to the night side of the planet by high altitude dust. Similar long twilights or extra-colorful sunrises and sunsets sometimes happen on Earth when dust grains that are erupted from volcanoes scatter light high in the atmosphere. With the planed missions to mars within the third decade of the millennium we as a species will be venturing further from home than ever before.  This image speaks about the next frontier of human exploration in the vastness of space. Traveling away from our home into the unknown.

5)Hard Classification

year: 2005

author: Mars Rover

place: Mars 

6) Way of Eye Contact

The beholder is connected with the similarity of the Martian landscape to Earths

7)Point of View

First Person Perspective

8)Way of Distance

Foreground landscape in darkness which draws the attention to the setting sun in the background surrounded by a blue light.

9)Direction of Examination

The image reads from the center where the sun lies to the foreground.

10)Modality 

This image was captured by a robot which says something about of humanities connection to space. We all fantasize but seldom  few will ever experience the journey but rather view it through those who are brave and fortunate enough to go where others dare not.