Earth-Mars Planet Comparisons (True Color with Axes and Orbit Plane)
This is a visualization showing the relative size of Mars compared to that of Earth. This version uses true color textures (there are corresponding false color versions as well) and includes pole axes and and orbit plane.
Comparing Mars to Earth in true color (with axes and orbit plane)
Comparing Mars to Earth in true color (with axes and orbit plane)
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.
Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
Writer
- Michael Starobin (HTSI)
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.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
[Viking]
ID: 130BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation) [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 508Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
This dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
See all pages that use this datasetBlue Marble Cloud Cover [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 509Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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