Matt Damon as Mark Watney in the upcoming film "The Martian." 20th Century Fox Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon has been stranded on Mars with no immediate way of escape or communication.

Damon is starring as the joke-cracking, NASA-trained astronaut Mark Watney in the film "The Martian," which debuted October 2 and is based on the best-selling sci-fi novel by Andy Weir.

Any normal person would never survive stranded alone on Mars for over a year, but Watney isn't normal, and he's got a plan. One of the most impressive qualities about Weir's book is how realistic it is. Every place Watney visits on Mars is real, for example.

Take a tour through Watney's Martian wanderings using some of the mind-blowing photos taken from NASA's HiRISE camera, complete with distances and maps from recently released NASA software.

Warning: Although this post excludes specific details about how Watney tries to save himself, it does contain spoilers. If you have not read "The Martian," you can still see epically awesome photos of Mars.