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Earth-Mars planet comparisons (true color)
This is a visualization showing the relative size of Mars compared to that of Earth. This version uses true color textures (there are corresponding false color versions as well).
Animation comparing true color Mars to true color Earth
Duration:
40.0 seconds
Available formats:
720x486 (29.97 fps)
Frames
1280x720 (30 fps)
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MPEG-1 21 MB
720x480 (29.97 fps)
MPEG-2 34 MB
320x240 (30 fps)
MPEG-1 5 MB
320x240
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Still image comparing true color Mars to true color Earth
Available formats:
2650 x 1920
TIFF 3 MB
160 x 80
PNG 21 KB
320 x 231
JPEG 6 KB
80 x 40
PNG 5 KB
Animation Number
:
2878
Animators
:
Greg Shirah (SVS)
(Lead)
Alex Kekesi (SVS)
Completed
:
2003-12-18
Writer
:
Michael Starobin (HTSI)
Instruments
:
Viking
Airborne Topographic Mapper
Data set
:
Blue Marble
Data Collected
:
Blue Marble Cloud Layer Day 2001/07/16 (2001/11/16 stitched at the south), Viking: 1976
Series
:
Earth-Mars Comparisons
Keywords
:
SVS
>>
Earth
SVS
>>
HDTV
SVS
>>
Mars
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