Elevation Color Mapped Mars

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: Elevation Color-Mapped Mars

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 is one element of the Earth-Mars comparison. It shows Mars' differing terrain via an elevation color map. Yellow indicates the mean elevation. Green, blue, and purple are low lying areas. Red, brown, and white are the highest elevations. This animation is match-framed to animations #2864 through #2872 and uses the same color map as animation #2866.

Elevation color-mapped Mars as seen from a distance.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    MGS/MOLA

  • Animation ID

    2869

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Alex Kekesi, Greg Shirah, Marte Newcombe

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/12/18

  • Scientist

    James Garvin (NASA/HQ), Gregory Neumann (Johns Hopkins University), Herbert Frey (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    MGS/MOLA topography

  • Data Date

    MGS/MOLA:1997/09/15-2001/01/31

  • Animation Type

    Regular

  • Other Credits

    Virginia Butcher (SSAI)