A Rotating True Color View of the Martian South Pole
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This is one of a series of visualizations showing false-colored renderings of the Martian topography measured by MOLA in the vicinity of the Mars Polar Lander landing site. Blue tones represent elevations of less than 2 kilometers, while reddish tones are greater than about 2.8 kilometers, relative to the mean equatorial height of Mars. The elevation of the landing site is about 2.4 km, midway into the polar layered terrain. The 400 meters (1/4 mile) resolution of the MOLA data gives a smoothed but vertically exaggerated view of the topography. At this scale it is impossible to ascertain the actual roughness at the lander's destination, forcing project directors to make their best guesses based on available data.
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A rotating view of the Martian south pole from Viking imagery
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A close-up view of the Martian south pole with grid lines, from Viking imagery
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An equatorial view of Mars using Viking imagery
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A view of the southern hemisphere of Mars using Viking imagery
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| Animation Number: | 769 |
| Animator: | Tom Biddlecome (Lead) |
| Studio: | NASA |
| Completed: | 1999-11-22 |
| Scientist: | David Smith (NASA/GSFC) |
| Instruments: | MGS/MOLA
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| | Viking |
| Data set: | Topography |
| Data Collected: | MOLA:1997/09/15-1998/11, Viking: 1976-1980 |
| Series: | Mars Polar Lander |
| Video: | SVS1999-0028 * |
| Goddard TV Tape: | G1999-097 |
Keywords:
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>> Mars
DLESE
>> Space science
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More Information on this topic available at:
stories/MOLA_south_pole/index.html
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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