Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: True Color Earth
Despite the 2:1 relative size difference between Earth and Mars, the Martian volcano, Olympus Mons, still dwarfs Earth's Mauna Loa, Hawaii volcano. When measured from the ocean floor, Mauna Loa is 10km. high compared to Olympus Mons at 23km. This animation is one element of the Earth-Mars comparison, showing Earth in its true color beauty. This animation is match-framed to animations #2864 through #2872.
Animation starts with a true color Earth and slowly zooms down to Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
True color earth using the Terra-MODIS BlueMarble global mosaic for both land and clouds.
True color close-up of the Hawaiian Islands looking eastward (California is beyond the horizon).
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, and Virginia Butcher (SSAI)
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Animators
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Marte Newcombe (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Gregory Neumann (Johns Hopkins University)
- James Garvin (NASA/HQ)
- Herbert Frey (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, April 22, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Missions
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[GTOPO30]
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Blue Marble [Terra: MODIS]
ID: 492Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Blue Marble Clouds [Terra: MODIS]
ID: 507Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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