Earth-Mars Volcano Comparison

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: Final Composite

Despite the 2:1 relative size difference between Earth and Mars, the Martian volcano, Olympus Mons, still dwarfs Earth's Mauna Loa, Hawaii volcano. When measured from the ocean floor, Mauna Loa is 10km. high compared to Olympus Mons at 23km. This post-produced animation composite was created using various elements from animations #2865 through #2872.

Animation comparing the relative size differences between Mauna Loa and Olympus Mons volcanoes. 1x exaggeration. Note that the earth's ocean beds are colorized to show depth below sea level, where greens and yellows are higher elevations, and blues and purples are deeper levels.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    MGS/MOLA, Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2864

  • 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, Viking true color, Terra/MODIS topography, Terra/MODIS clouds

  • Data Date

    MGS/MOLA:1997/09/15-2001/01/31, Viking:1976/06/19-1980/08/17, Terra/MODIS:2001/06-2001/09

  • Animation Type

    Regular

  • Other Credits

    Virginia Butcher (SSAI)