Previous Animation Next Animation Great Zoom into Distributary Fan, Mars This is a Great Zoom into the so-called Distributary Fan on Mars. It is located just northeast of Holden Crater. As seen from Martian orbit by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) flying on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft, this dramatic visualization shows us where liquid water likely flowed across the Martian surface sometime in the planet's past.    Great zoom into distributary fan on Mars Duration: 2.3 minutes Available formats:   720x486 (29.97 fps) Frames   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   16 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   117 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   4 MB   320x240     JPEG         2 KB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       1 MB How to play our movies    View #1 of Mars cresent Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF   552 KB   160 x 80           PNG         4 KB   320 x 231         JPEG       1 KB   80 x 40             PNG         1 KB    View #2 of Mars cresent Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF   673 KB   320 x 231         JPEG       1 KB    View #1 of Mars with MOC wide angle inset Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF   837 KB   320 x 231         JPEG       2 KB    View #2 of Mars with MOC wide angle inset Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 231         JPEG       7 KB    View #1 of MOC wide angle with narrow angle inset Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 7 MB   320 x 231         JPEG       8 KB    View #2 of MOC wide angle with narrow angle inset Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 231         JPEG       8 KB    MOC narrow angle distributary fan Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 10 MB   320 x 231         JPEG     12 KB    MOC narrow angle distributary fan close up #1 Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 9 MB   320 x 231         JPEG     12 KB    MOC narrow angle distributary fan close up #2 Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 9 MB   320 x 231         JPEG     11 KB    MOC narrow angle distributary fan close up #3 Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 10 MB   320 x 231         JPEG     15 KB    MOC narrow angle distributary fan close up #4 Available formats:   2650 x 1920     TIFF 10 MB   320 x 231         JPEG     15 KB Animation Number: 2880 Completed: 2003-12-18 Animators: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)   Marte Newcombe (GST)   Alex Kekesi (GST) Scientist: James Garvin (NASA/HQ) Writer: Michael Starobin (HTSI) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: MGS/MOC (Narrow Angle: 2003/11)   Viking/Images/True Color Data Collected: MGS/MOC Narrow Angle: 2003/11 Series: Great Zooms   Earth-Mars Comparisons Keywords: SVS >> Mars     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, and NASA/JPL/MSSS (http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/11/13/) Back to Top

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