Transparent Olympus Mons

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: Transparent Olympus Mons over Elevation Color-Mapped Earth with True Color Land

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. In this animation, a transparent Olympus Mons is juxtaposed over Mauna Loa, allowing the viewer to better see the size differences between these land masses. This animation is match-framed to animations #2864 through #2872.

Animation starts with a distant view of Earth and zooms down to Olympus Mons juxtaposed over the Hawaiian Islands.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    MGS/MOLA, Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2871

  • 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)