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MOLA: Seasonal Snow Variations on Mars: Slow Zoom out from the Martian North Pole: True Color

This is a true color visualization of the topography near the Martian north pole as measured with the MOLA instrument. This particular animation shows a slow zoom out from the surface of the pole and is a frame-accurate match to the end of animation id #2297.

A slow zoom out from the surface of the north pole of Mars shown in true color    A slow zoom out from the surface of the north pole of Mars shown in true color
Duration: 29.0 seconds
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  352x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   4 MB
  320x238     JPEG         9 KB
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An overhead view of the north pole of Mars shown in true color    An overhead view of the north pole of Mars shown in true color

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Animation Number:2298
Completed:2001-12-06
Animator:Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead)
Scientists:Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
 Dave Smith (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:MGS/MOLA (1997/09/15-1998/11)
 Viking (1976)
Series:Mars Seasonal Snow Variations
Video:SVS2001-0031 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Flyover
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Snow
DLESE >> Space science
More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20011206molaice.html
Science paper:http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/snow_paper.html
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Mars Orbiter Camera data Courtesy of NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems.


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