SVS Animation 2510 - Mars Odyssey Science Cover Image

Mars Odyssey Science Cover Image

This still was created to for the cover of the journal Science (5 July 2002 issue). It shows epithermal neutron data represented by the colors overlayed on Mars topography. The blue colors represent high concentrations of hydrogen, indicating the strong possibility that water ice exists in those regions.

The vertical exaggeration is 5x normal and the shading exaggeration is 50x normal.

Mars Odyssey epithermal neutron data overlayed on MGS-MOLA topography

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Animation Number:	2510
Completed:	2002-06-19
Animator:	Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
Scientist:	William Boynton (University of Arizona)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:	MGS/MOLA (1997/09/15 - 2001/06/30)
	Mars Odyssey/GRS (02/2002 - 04/2002)
	Mars Odyssey/Epithermal Neutron Data (02/2002 - 04/2002)
Keywords: SVS >> Hydrogen SVS >> Mars DLESE >> Physical geography DLESE >> Space science SVS >> Water
More Information on this topic available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol297/issue5578/index.shtml
This work has been visible on Science cover (5 July 2002 issue)

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