Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: True Color Olympus Mons over Elevation Color-Mapped Earth Bathymetry with True Color Land Features
Instrument:
Terra/MODIS
Instrument:
MGS/MOLA
Instrument:
Viking
Description:
Olympus Mons lays over the Hawaiian Islands.
Abstract:
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.
Completed:
2003-12-18
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, and Virginia Butcher (SSAI)
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Alex Kekesi (Lead)
Animator:
Greg Shirah
Animator:
Marte Newcombe
Scientist:
James Garvin (NASA/HQ)
Scientist:
Gregory Neumann (Johns Hopkins University)
Scientist:
Herbert Frey (NASA/GSFC)
Series:
Earth-Mars Comparisons
Data Collected:
MGS/MOLA:1997/09/15- 2001/01/31, Viking:1976/06/19-19 80/08/17, Terra/MODIS:2001/06- 2001/09
facet_where:
Virginia
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Hawaii
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Viking
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
Animation Number:
2870
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002800/a0028 70/moss_still.1040-I MAGE
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