Mars Flyover Based on MOLA Data for the Carl Sagan Lecture
This visualization of the topography of Mars was created for Maria Zuber's Carl Sagan Lecture. The camera flies over several areas of interest. The south pole, Tharsis Rise, the north pole, and Valles Marineris. This animation was created using Maya and Renderman, using MOLA Topography data. The colors represent height - dark blue is about 8km deep and white is over 14km high (as measured from an arbitrary location picked as 'sea-level').
Flyover of Mars MOLA topography with false color texure
MOLA color bar (dark blue is -8km, white is > 14km)
Video slate image reads, "Mars Flyover
This animation flies over several areas of interest.
The South pole
Tharsis rise
The North pole
Valles Marineris
This animation was created using Maya and Renderman using MOLA Topography data."
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Release date
This page was originally published on Sunday, December 31, 2000.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM EST.