Mars Odyssey: Water Ice/Summer Observations
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 #2778 and #2779. It shows the areas of ice during a martian summer.
Animation tilts down to show the northern hemisphere of Mars during the summer.
![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. 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.](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
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 show the water ice that is revealed during the martian summer. Blue colors show the water ice that is revealed during the martian summer.](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
Blue colors show the water ice that is revealed during the martian summer.
![Video slate image reads "Mars Odyssey: Water Ice/Summer Observations Blue colors show the water ice that is revealed during the Martian summer." Video slate image reads "Mars Odyssey: Water Ice/Summer Observations Blue colors show the water ice that is revealed during the Martian summer."](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
Video slate image reads "Mars Odyssey: Water Ice/Summer Observations
Blue colors show the water ice that is revealed during the Martian summer."
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- David Smith (NASA/GSFC)
- Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Gregory Neumann (Johns Hopkins University)
Release date
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.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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High Energy Neutron [Mars Odyssey: GRS]
ID: 347 -
Topography [MGS: MOLA]
ID: 352
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