Mars' Ancient Ocean
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- Visualizations by:
- Walt Feimer
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NASA planetary scientists Geronimo Villanueva and Michael Mumma discuss their findings regarding the ancient ocean of Mars.
Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.
For complete transcript, click here.
For decades, planetary scientists have suspected that ancient Mars was a much warmer, wetter environment than it is today, but estimates of just how much water Mars has lost since its formation vary widely. Now, new isotopic measurements by researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center reveal that an ocean once covered approximately twenty percent of the Martian surface. This new picture of early Mars is considerably wetter than many previous estimates, raising the odds for the ancient habitability of the Red Planet.
Mars Ancient Ocean, short version
Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.
For complete transcript, click here.
El Océano Antiguo de Marte, vídeo en Español
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Para una transcripción completa, presione aquí.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- Brian Monroe (USRA)
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Science writer
- Elizabeth Zubritsky (ADNET)
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Writer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Editor
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Planetary scientist
- Geronimo Villanueva (Catholic University of America)
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Scientist
- Michael Mumma (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Narrator
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographers
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Assistant editor
- Swarupa Nune (InuTeq)
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Narrator (spanish)
- Geronimo Villanueva (Catholic University of America)
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Tapes
This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:-
Mars Ocean
(ID: 2015011)
Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 5:00AM
Produced by - Dan Jacob