Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: Mars Inside a Transparent Earth

  • Released Thursday, April 22, 2004
  • Updated Monday, January 19, 2015 at 11:10AM
  • ID: 2872

Despite the 2:1 relative size difference between Earth and Mars, the Martian volcano, Olympus Mons, dwarfs Earth's Mauna Loa, Hawaii volcano. When measured from the ocean floor, Mauna Loa is approximately 10km. high compared to Olympus Mons at 23km. This animation not only shows the relative size differences between Mauna Loa and Olympus Mons, but also shows the size difference between these 2 planets. The equatorial radius of Mars is approximately 3397 km. compared to Earth's equatorial radius of 6378.1 km. This animation is match-framed to animations #2864 through #2872.


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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, and Virginia Butcher (SSAI)


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(Collected with the GTOPO30 sensor)
ModelUSGS
Terra Blue Marble (Collected with the MODIS sensor)

Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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Terra Blue Marble Clouds (Collected with the MODIS sensor)

Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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MGS Topography (Collected with the MOLA sensor)
Viking True Color (Collected with the Images sensor)

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