Previous Animation Next Animation Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: True Color Olympus Mons over Elevation Color-Mapped Earth Bathymetry with True Color Land Features Despite the 2:1 relative size difference between Earth and Mars, the Martian volcano, Olympus Mons, dwarfs Earth's Mauna Loa, Hawaii volcano. When measured from the ocean floor, Mauna Loa is approximately 10km. high compared to Olympus Mons at 23km. In this animation, Olympus Mons obstructs the view of Mauna Loa, but gives the viewer a good perspective of the overall size of this giant volcano. This animation is match-framed to animations #2864 through #2872.    Animation starts with a distant view of Earth and zooms down to Olympus Mons laying over the Hawaiian Islands. Duration: 34.0 seconds Available formats:   720x480 (30 fps) Frames   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   17 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   29 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   4 MB   320x240     JPEG         7 KB   320x240     JPEG         7 KB   320x240     JPEG         7 KB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       1020 KB How to play our movies    Olympus Mons lays over the Hawaiian Islands. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   160 x 80           PNG       13 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       6 KB   80 x 40             PNG         3 KB Animation Number: 2870 Completed: 2003-12-18 Animators: Alex Kekesi (GST) (Lead)   Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)   Marte Newcombe (GST) Scientists: Gregory Neumann (Johns Hopkins University)   James Garvin (NASA/HQ)   Herbert Frey (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: MGS/MOLA (1997/09/15-2001/01/31)   Terra/MODIS   Viking (1976/06/19-1980/08/17)   MGS/MOLA/Topography   GTOPO30   Terra/MODIS/Blue Marble   Terra/MODIS/Blue Marble Clouds (2001/06-2001/09)   Viking/Images/True Color Data Collected: MGS/MOLA:1997/09/15-2001/01/31, Viking:1976/06/19-1980/08/17, Terra/MODIS:2001/06-2001/09 Series: Earth-Mars Comparisons     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, and Virginia Butcher (SSAI) Back to Top

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