Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: True Color Earth

  • Released Thursday, April 22, 2004
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Despite the 2:1 relative size difference between Earth and Mars, the Martian volcano, Olympus Mons, still dwarfs Earth's Mauna Loa, Hawaii volcano. When measured from the ocean floor, Mauna Loa is 10km. high compared to Olympus Mons at 23km. This animation is one element of the Earth-Mars comparison, showing Earth in its true color beauty. This animation is match-framed to animations #2864 through #2872.

True color close-up of the Hawaiian Islands looking eastward (California is beyond the horizon).

True color close-up of the Hawaiian Islands looking eastward (California is beyond the horizon).



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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, and Virginia Butcher (SSAI)

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