Using Earth to Understand How Water May Have Affected Volcanoes on Mars
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- Visualizations by:
- Cindy Starr
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- Scientific consulting by:
- James Garvin
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- LK Ward
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This scientific data visualization shows the evolution of the newly-erupted island in the Kingdom of Tonga. Results of this study can enhance our understanding of numerous small volcanic landforms on Mars whose formation may have been in shallow-water environments during epochs when persistent surface water was present.
Learn more about the evolution of Earth's newest island and how it could reveal new infomration about the presence of water on Mars:
Monitoring and Modeling the Rapid Evolution of EArth's Newest Volcanic Island: Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai (Tonga) Using High Spatial Resolution Satellite Observations
Authors: J.B. Garvin, D.A. Slayback, V. Ferrini, J. Frawley, C. Giguere, G.R. Asrar, K. Anderson
Pages: 3445-3452 l First Published: 26 March 2018
- Volumetric erosion for new hydromagmatic island is approximately 0.0026km3/year
- Demostrated first meter-scale documentation of landscapes and topography for a new volcanic island over its initial stages of evolution (approximately 3 years)
- Satellite-based measurements of news island predict lifetime of up to approximately 42 years
Music: Fountain by Mailcoat Sheppard; Concerning Nymphs by Hammond Roberts.
Complete transcript available.
This video is an abridged version of the original video.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizers
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- James Garvin (NASA, Chief Scientist Goddard) [Lead]
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Producer
- LK Ward (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
Series
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ID: 14214 Produced Video
How NASA Sees the Life Cycle of Volcanic Island Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai
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ID: 4726 Visualization
New Island forms in Tonga (Updated)
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ID: 4635 Visualization
Visualizations of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai and the Martian Landscape
Read moreIn early 2015, a volcanic eruption in the Kingdom of Tonga created a new island informally known as Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH). The subsequent evolution of the new island was previously described in "The Birth of a New Island" available here. Below are additional visualizations, including an updated view of the island's appearance in March 2018 as well as some visualizations of the martian surface. Results of this study can enhance our understanding of numerous small volcanic landforms on Mars whose formation may have been in shallow-water environments during epochs when persistent surface water was present.The complete visualization of "Using Earth to understand how water may have affected volcanoes on Mars" is available here.Learn more about the evolution of Earth's newest island and how it could reveal new information about the presence of water on Mars: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017GL076621 ||
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