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Acknowledgments
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References


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The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following individuals:

Dr. Susan Phillips, Chemistry Department, University of Pennsylvania

Ray Groller, Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania

Mr. Glenn Smith, WebMaster, Black Horse Pike Regional School District

Ms. Sharon Sobel, Library and Media Specialist, Triton Regional High School

Mr. Stephen Rulli, Computer Consultant



Page: Searching for Signs of Life on Mars, the Role of Spectroscopy
Photo1: The horizon of Mars, part of the first color image from the rover Spirit. (NASA/JPL), http://www.planetary.org/mars/mer-images.html

Page: Raman Spectroscopy
Figure 1: Spring and Ball model - Three modes of vibration for H2O and CO2, Smith, Ewin, Modern Raman Spectroscopy- A Practical Approach, Wiley, 2005, p. 8.
Animation 1: Vibrational modes of H2O, http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~edwin/MoleculeHTML/H2O_html/H2O_page.html
Animation 2 : Vibrational Modes for CO2, http://www.gps.caltech.edu/%7Eedwin/MoleculeHTML/CO2_html/CO2_page.html
Figure 2: Diagram adapted from:  http://www.inphotonics.com/technote11.pdf
Figure 3: IR and Raman active vibrations of H2S, Smith, Ewin, Modern Raman Spectroscopy- A Practical Approach, Wiley, 2005, p. 10.
Figure 4:  A Raman Sctrophotometer employing SERS Technology, http://epsc.wustl.edu/haskin-group/Raman/instrument.htm

Page: Searching For Signs of Life
Figure 5:  The Raman Active Carbonate Stretch WebMO, http://www.webmo.net/index.html
Figure 6: The structure of phenylalanine, http://elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/561aminomolecfs.html
Figure 7: The benzene ring breathing vibrationWebMO, http://www.webmo.net/index.html
Figure 8: The structure of Glycine, http://elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/561aminomolecfs.html
Figure 9: The Raman active stretch at 3014 cm-1         WebMO, http://www.webmo.net/index.html
Page: The Raman Spectrophotometer
Link 1: The Virtual Raman Tour, http://www.umich.edu/%7Emorgroup/virtual/labeled/virtual.html
Figure 10: Raman Spectroscopy Primer- An Introduction to JASCO Raman Spectrometers and the Raman technique, http://www.jascoraman.com/pdfs/raman_primer.pdf
Figure 11: Proposed design for Mars Microbeam Raman Spectrometer (MMRS), http://epsc.wustl.edu/haskin-group/Raman/instrument.htm
Photo 2: Mars Rover during desert testing, http://epsc.wustl.edu/haskin-group/photo.htm

Page: Why Mars ?
Figure 12: Huygens' 1659 drawing of Mars (from Mars, The Lure of the Red Planet )  http://www.etsu.edu/physics/etsuobs/starprty/032099bg/section1a.htm
Figure 13: Schiaparelli's map of Mars (from Mars, The Lure of the Red Planet) http://www.etsu.edu/physics/etsuobs/starprty/032099bg/section1a.htm
Photo 3: his is the first close-up view of the Martian surface recorded by Viking I, July, 1976, http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_best_021203-10.html
Photo 4: This view of Mars was taken by the Hubble telescope in 1995 when the planett was in opposition to the Earth.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_best_021203-10.htm
Photo 5: Orignal Viking 1 photo, 1976. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_best_021203-10.html
Photo 6:  Viking 1 photo from 1976, Mars Global surveyor photo from 1998 and April, 2001,    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_best_021203-10.html

Page: Raman - An Historical Perspective
Photo 7: C.V. Raman,   http://www.deltanu.com/tutorial.htm 
Figure 14: Raman, A light of a different color, http://www.deltanu.com/tutorial.htm       



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