MOLA: Seasonal Snow Variations on Mars, Fast Zoom out from Martian South Pole: False Color

  • Released Thursday, December 6, 2001
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This is a visualization of the topography near the Martian south pole as measured with the MOLA instrument. This particular animation shows a fast zoom out from the surface of the pole. The surface color is based on the elevation of the topography.

Fast zoom out from the surface of the south pole showing the topography colored by elevation

Topography of the south pole of Mars shown colored by elevation

Topography of the south pole of Mars shown colored by elevation

Slate title from video tape reads, 'Flyover of Martian North Pole Using MOLA Topography. Done in support of Seasonal Snow Variation story in Science.'

Slate title from video tape reads, 'Flyover of Martian North Pole Using MOLA Topography. Done in support of Seasonal Snow Variation story in Science.'

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See http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20011206molaice.html

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Thursday, December 6, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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