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)
Series
This page can be found in the following series:Datasets used
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[Mariner-9: Vidicon]
ID: 60 -
[Viking: VIS]
ID: 131
Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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.