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Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: Mars inside a transparent Earth
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Despite the 2:1 relative size difference between Earth and Mars, the Martian volcano, Olympus Mons, dwarfs Earth's Mauna Loa, Hawaii volcano. When measured from the ocean floor, Mauna Loa is approximately 10km. high compared to Olympus Mons at 23km. This animation not only shows the relative size differences between Mauna Loa and Olympus Mons, but also shows the size difference between these 2 planets. The equatorial radius of Mars is approximately 3397 km. compared to Earth's equatorial radius of 6378.1 km. This animation is match-framed to animations #2864 through #2872.
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Animation starts with a distant view of both planets juxtaposed together and zooms into the region of interest which shows Olympus Mons where the Hawaiian Islands are located.
Duration: 34.0 seconds
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Mars inside a transparent Earth.
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| Animation Number: | 2872 |
| Animators: | Alex Kekesi (Lead) |
| | Greg Shirah |
| | Marte Newcombe |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2003-12-18 |
| Scientists: | Gregory Neumann (Johns Hopkins University) |
| | James Garvin (NASA/HQ) |
| | Herbert Frey (NASA/GSFC) |
| Instruments: | MGS/MOLA
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| | Terra/MODIS |
| | Viking |
| Data sets: | MGS/MOLA topography
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| | Terra/MODIS clouds |
| | Terra/MODIS topography |
| | Viking true color |
| Data Collected: | MGS/MOLA:1997/09/15-2001/01/31, Viking:1976/06/19-1980/08/17, Terra/MODIS:2001/06-2001/09 |
| Series: | Earth-Mars Comparisons |
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Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, and Virginia Butcher (SSAI) |
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