Planets and Moons ID: 2326

MOLA Stills for possible cover of 'Nature'

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on December 1, 2001

These are draft renders of Mars using MOLA data for Topography and Viking data (true color) for the surface texture. One of these was picked and used by Nature on the cover of 'Insight' on 12 July 2001. The same image was used on the cover of the Planetary Report July/August 2001.

Mars MOLA true color image of Argyre Planitia looking south to north (vertical exaggeration 4x) Used as cover for Nature Insight and Planetary Report

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
David Smith (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Science Paper:
Nature, Vol 412, 12 July 2001 and The Planetary Report, July/August 2001

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Missions:
Mars Global Surveyor - MGS
Viking

Data Used:

MGS/MOLA

1998/04-2000/08

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Keywords:
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Nature Magazine
DLESE >> Physical geography
DLESE >> Space science
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons

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Cover of Nature Magazine Vol. 412, no. 6843, 12 July 2001