Mars
The true global geography of Mars first emerged with comprehensive maps from Mariner 9 and Viking during the 1970's. This visualization tours the Red Planet using the Viking data set, hitting such features as the Valles Marineris canyons and the Olympus Mons volcano.
A flyby of the Martian surface, using topography and imagery from Mariner 9 and Viking
Video slate image reads, "Mars - The Past as Prolog
Research: Ron Blom, JPL
Visualization: Robert Crippen, David Curkendall, Joseph Jacob, Peggy Li, Lucian Plesea, Marc Pomerantz, Frank Semerano, Cris Windoffer, Kathya Zamora-Diaz, JPL
http://mars.ivv.nasa.gov/".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Animators
- Robert Crippen (NASA)
- David Curkendall (NASA/JPL CalTech)
- Joseph Jacob (NASA)
- Peggy Li (NASA)
- Lucian Plesea (NASA/JPL CalTech)
- Marc Pomerantz (NASA)
- Frank Semerano (NASA)
- Cris Windoffer (NASA)
- Kathya Zamora-Diaz (NASA)
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Scientist
- Ron Blom (NASA/JPL CalTech)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, January 21, 1999.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:59 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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[Mariner-9: Vidicon]
ID: 60 -
[Viking: VIS]
ID: 131
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