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 2779 and animation 2780. Its purpose is to establish a frame of reference using a true color data set. In this case, that data is from Viking.
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): 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
Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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