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MOLA: Seasonal Snow Variations on Mars: Slow Zoom to the Martian North Pole: True Color
This is a true color visualization of the topography near the Martian north pole as measured with the MOLA instrument. This particular animation shows a slow zoom to the surface of the pole and is a frame-accurate match to the beginning of animation id #2297.

A slow zoom to the surface of the north pole of Mars showing the topography in true color    A slow zoom to the surface of the north pole of Mars showing the topography in true color

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The surface of the north pole of Mars shown in true color    The surface of the north pole of Mars shown in true color

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Video ID: SVS2001-0031 *
Animator: Cindy Starr
Studio: SVS
Date Completed: December 06, 2001
Duration: 1000 frames, 39.333333 seconds
Scientist: David Smith (NASA/GSFC), Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Citation: http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/snow_paper.html
Instrument: MGS/MOLA, MGS/MOC
Datasets: Mars Orbiter Camera (Courtesy of NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems)
Keywords: Mars, Flyover, Snow
DLESESubject: Space science, Cryology
Data Collected: MOLA:1997/09/15-1998/11, MOC:?
Story: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20011206molaice.html
Animation Series: Mars Seasonal Snow Variations



Please give credit for this visualization to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio


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