MOLA: Seasonal Snow Variations on Mars: Slow Zoom to the Martian South Pole: True Color

  • Released Thursday, December 6, 2001
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This is a true color visualization of the topography near the Martian south pole as measured with the MOLA instrument. This particular animation shows a slow zoom to the surface of the pole and is a frame-accurate match to the beginning of
animation id #2299.

Video slate image reads "Flyover of Martian South Pole using MOLA Topography.  In support of Seasonal Snow Variation story in Science".

Video slate image reads "Flyover of Martian South Pole using MOLA Topography. In support of Seasonal Snow Variation story in Science".

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Mars Orbiter Camera data Courtesy of NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems.

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This page was originally published on Thursday, December 6, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.


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