Planets and Moons  ID: 1094

Olympus Mons Flyover

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on March 9, 2000
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Looking at the surface of Mars, flying over the Olympus Mons volcano.
This view of Olympus Mons was constructed by combining the Viking color texture with MOLA altimetry data. There is no vertical exaggeration applied to the surface displacement.
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A view of Olympus Mons, approaching the base of the volcano.
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Flying over the caldera of Olympus Mons.
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Video slate image reads, "Olympus Mons Flyover

Altitude about 100 kilometers

MOLA Elevation with Viking texture".

For More Information

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/MOLA/index_pg2.html

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (GST): Lead Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Animator
Randall Jones (GST): Animator
David Smith (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Missions:
Mars Global Surveyor - MGS
Viking

Data Used:
Viking 1976/06/19-1980/08/17
MGS/MOLA 1997/09/15-2000/01/31
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.

This item is part of this series:
MOLA

Keywords:
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Olympus Mons
DLESE >> Space science
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons