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Terrain Elevation


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A slice of ICESat elevation data (170 meter post-spaced) near the Amery coast laying over a flat RADARSAT texture. 2741 ICESat First Light Release: Antarctica, from Coast to Coast
The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument on board NASA's LRO spacecraft will be responsible for building the highest detail topography currently available of the lunar terrain. In this video David Smith, LOLA's Principal Investigator, explains how this technology works.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10486 LOLA: Defining the Lunar Terrain