Mars Crust Thickness

  • Released Tuesday, February 15, 2000
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Looking at a slice of Mars. The slice depicts Mars from south (left) to north (right). Notice the downward trend from right to left, showing that Mars is mostly downhill from North to South.

Animation pulling out a slice of Mars

Mars Crustal Thickness

Mars Crustal Thickness

Video slate image reads, "A bird's eye view of a flat map of Mars. Zooming down and revealing a strip of data that shows the crust thicker in the south than the north."

Video slate image reads, "A bird's eye view of a flat map of Mars. Zooming down and revealing a strip of data that shows the crust thicker in the south than the north."

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See http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/MOLA/index.html

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, February 15, 2000.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.

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