Planets and Moons ID: 2779

Mars Odyssey: Water Ice/Winter Observations

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on July 3, 2003

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 #2778 and animation #2780. It shows the areas of ice during a martian winter.

A comparison of the water ice detected by Odyssey in northern summer and winter seasons. In some places the water ice content is more than 90 percent by volume.

Blue colors indicate water ice observed by Odyssey during the northern winter months, when carbon-dioxide covers the surface.

Video slate image reads "Mars Odyssey: Water Ice/Winter Observations

Blue colors indicate water ice observed by Odyssey during the northern winter months, when carbon-dioxide covers the surface."

For More Information

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

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (GST): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
David Smith (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Scientist
Gregory Neumann (Johns Hopkins University): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Missions:
Mars Global Surveyor - MGS
Mars Odyssey

Data Used:
MGS/MOLA/Topography 1997/09/15-2001/01/31
Mars Odyssey/GRS/High Energy Neutron 2002/11/03-2003/04/10
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This item is part of this series:
Mars Odyssey

Goddard TV Tape:
G2003-043

Keywords:
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
DLESE >> Space science