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Earth-Mars planet comparisons (true color with axes and orbit plane)
This is a visualization showing the relative size of Mars compared to that of Earth. This version uses true color textures (there are corresponding false color versions as well) and includes pole axes and and orbit plane.

Comparing Mars to Earth in true color (with axes and orbit plane)    Comparing Mars to Earth in true color (with axes and orbit plane)

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Comparing Mars to Earth in true color (with axes and orbit plane)    Comparing Mars to Earth in true color (with axes and orbit plane)

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Animators: Greg Shirah
Alex Kekesi
Studio: SVS
Writer: Michael Starobin
Date Completed: December 18, 2003
Duration: 1200 frames, 40.0 seconds
Datasets: Viking, Blue Marble
Keywords: mars, earth, size
Data Collected: Blue Marble Cloud Layer Day 2001/07/16 (2001/11/16 stitched at the south), Viking: 1976
Animation Series: Earth-Mars Comparisons



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


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