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A Rotating False Color View of the Martian South Pole from MOLA: New Color Map
This is one of a series of visualizations showing false-colored renderings of the Martian topography measured by MOLA in the vicinity of the Mars Polar Lander landing site.

A rotating view of the Martian south pole using MOLA topography data. This animation uses a color table designed to highlight the topography at the south pole. White colors indicate elevations in excess of 3012 meters, red shows elevations between 2500 and 3012 meters, yellow shows elevations from 2450 to 2500 meters, dark cyan shows elevations from 2150 to 2450 meters, dark violet shows elevations from 320 to 2150 meters.    A rotating view of the Martian south pole using MOLA topography data. This animation uses a color table designed to highlight the topography at the south pole. White colors indicate elevations in excess of 3012 meters, red shows elevations between 2500 and 3012 meters, yellow shows elevations from 2450 to 2500 meters, dark cyan shows elevations from 2150 to 2450 meters, dark violet shows elevations from 320 to 2150 meters.
Duration: 45.0 seconds
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  352x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   6 MB
  160x80       PNG           33 KB
  80x40         PNG           10 KB
  320x238     JPEG         5 KB
  720x480 (29.97 fps) DV             151 MB
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False color image of Mars from MOLA data, using a color map designed to emphasize south pole topography. White colors indicate elevations in excess of 3012 meters, red shows elevations between 2500 and 3012 meters, yellow shows elevations from 2450 to 2500 meters, dark cyan shows elevations from 2150 to 2450 meters, dark violet shows elevations from 320 to 2150 meters.    False color image of Mars from MOLA data, using a color map designed to emphasize south pole topography. White colors indicate elevations in excess of 3012 meters, red shows elevations between 2500 and 3012 meters, yellow shows elevations from 2450 to 2500 meters, dark cyan shows elevations from 2150 to 2450 meters, dark violet shows elevations from 320 to 2150 meters.

Available formats:
  2560 x 1920     TIFF 1 MB
  640 x 480         JPEG     16 KB
  320 x 240         JPEG       6 KB


False color image of the southern hemisphere of Mars from MOLA data, using a color map designed to emphasize south pole topography. White colors indicate elevations in excess of 3012 meters, red shows elevations between 2500 and 3012 meters, yellow shows elevations from 2450 to 2500 meters, dark cyan shows elevations from 2150 to 2450 meters, dark violet shows elevations from 320 to 2150 meters.    False color image of the southern hemisphere of Mars from MOLA data, using a color map designed to emphasize south pole topography. White colors indicate elevations in excess of 3012 meters, red shows elevations between 2500 and 3012 meters, yellow shows elevations from 2450 to 2500 meters, dark cyan shows elevations from 2150 to 2450 meters, dark violet shows elevations from 320 to 2150 meters.

Available formats:
  2560 x 1920     TIFF 3 MB
  640 x 480         JPEG     45 KB
  320 x 240         JPEG     15 KB

Animation Number:771
Completed:1999-11-22
Animators:Tom Biddlecome (Raytheon) (Lead)
 Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist:David Smith (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:MGS/MOLA
 MGS/MOLA/Topography
Data Collected:1997/09/15-1998/11
Series:Mars Polar Lander
Video:SVS1999-0028 *
Goddard TV Tape:G1999-097
Keywords:
SVS >> Mars
DLESE >> Space science
More Information on this topic available at:
stories/MOLA_south_pole/index.html
 
 
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio


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