Primary Landing Site w/ Altitude

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Polar Orbiter: Fly Up to Primary Landing Site with Altitude Map

white/red = high altitude (~3000 meters); blue = low altitude (~0 meters)

Mars true color Viking sphere rotating to Polar Lander site in MOLA false color

Metadata

  • Sensor

    MGS/MOLA

  • Animation ID

    688

  • Video ID

    SVS1999-0017

  • Start Timecode

    1:04:30:00

  • End Timecode

    1:05:37:15

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    1999/08/25

  • Scientist

    David Smith (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Mars, Landing Site

  • DLESE Subject

    Physical geography, Space science

  • Data Date

    MOLA:1997/09/15-1998/11, Viking:1976

  • Animation Type

    Regular