Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
MOLA Stills for possible cover of 'Nature'
Instrument:
MGS/MOLA
Instrument:
Viking
Description:
Mars MOLA true color image of Kasei Valles looking west to east (vertical exaggeration 3x, shading 6x)
Abstract:
These are draft renders of Mars using MOLA data for Topography and Viking data (true color) for the surface texture. One of these was picked and used by Nature on the cover of 'Insight' on 12 July 2001. The same image was used on the cover of the Planetary Report July/August 2001.
Completed:
2001-06-28
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to* NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Greg Shirah (Lead)
Scientist:
David Smith (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist:
Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Science paper:
Nature, Vol 412, 12 July 2001 and The Planetary Report, July/August 2001
Data Collected:
1998/04-2000/08
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Physical geography
Keywords:
Space science
Keywords:
Mars
Keywords:
Nature Magazine
facet_where:
Massachusetts
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
August 2001
facet_when:
12 July 2001
facet_what:
Viking
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbital Laser Altimiter (MOLA)
facet_when_year:
2001
Animation Number:
2326
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002300/a0023 26/mola_naturex0.2s. 0000_tc-IMAGE
original url:
http://svs.gsfc.nas…
Image ID:
110854
Resolution Size:
3
Format:
JPEG
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
mola_nature_3x6x0.2s .0000_tc.jpg
Width:
425
Height:
550

MOLA Stills for possible cover of 'Nature'