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Great Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica (treatment #2)
Antarctica is the coldest and most remote continent on Earth. It is also home to one of the most Mars-like places that scientists can study without actually traveling to the fourth planet. In this sequence we plunge from space down to a remarkably detailed view of a unique part of the Dry Valleys. By studying this place researchers think they might gain insight into how life on Mars might either survive now or have developed in the past. It is called the Don Juan Pond, and it's one of the saltiest, coldest bodies of water on Earth.

The zoom passes through four different resolution data sets including data from Terra, Landsat, and IKONOS. This treatment uses an IKONOS inset that's enhanced to show detail.


Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica    Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica
Duration: 23.0 seconds
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  640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   12 MB
  720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   20 MB
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View of Antarctica    View of Antarctica

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Wide view of Victoria Land, Antarctica    Wide view of Victoria Land, Antarctica

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Regional view of Victoria Land, Antarctica    Regional view of Victoria Land, Antarctica

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Local view of Don Juan Pond, Antarctica    Local view of Don Juan Pond, Antarctica

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Closeup view of Don Juan Pond, Antarctica    Closeup view of Don Juan Pond, Antarctica

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Animation Number:2874
Animators:Greg Shirah (Lead)
 Marte Newcombe
 Horace Mitchell
 Cindy Starr
 Alex Kekesi
Studio:SVS
Completed:2003-12-18
Scientist:James Garvin (NASA/HQ)
Writer:Michael Starobin (HTSI)
Instruments:IKONOS
 Landsat-7/ETM+
 Terra/MODIS
Data set:Blue Marble
Data Collected:Terra/MODIS: 2001/10/24, Landsat: 2001/12/28,IKONOS:2003/01/31
Series:Great Zooms
 Earth-Mars Comparisons
Goddard TV Tape:G2008-041HD -- NASAs Landsat in HD 2008 Resource Tape
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Zoom
SVS >> Pond
 
 
Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, Landsat 7 Project Science Office; MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)


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