Mars Odyssey: Mars' Northern Hemisphere

  • Released Thursday, July 3, 2003
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NASA's Mars Odyssey detected water ice in the northern hemisphere. During the winter months, the icy soil is covered by a thick layer of carbon dioxide ('dry ice') frost obscuring the water ice signature.

This animation is match-framed to animation 2779 and animation 2780. Its purpose is to establish a frame of reference using a true color data set. In this case, that data is from Viking.

Animation using Viking true color data. Tilts down to show the martian northern hemisphere.

This is a mosaic of the northern hemisphere of Mars as seen through Viking data.

This is a mosaic of the northern hemisphere of Mars as seen through Viking data.

Video slate image reads "Mars Odyssey: Mars' Northern HemisphereThis is a mosaic of the northern hemisphere of Mars as seen through Viking data

Video slate image reads "Mars Odyssey: Mars' Northern Hemisphere

This is a mosaic of the northern hemisphere of Mars as seen through Viking data

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See http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/0626marswater.html

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This page was originally published on Thursday, July 3, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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