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Google Mars Maps with NASA

March 13th, 2006
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Google Mars is a collaborative effort with NASA researchers at Arizona State University to create some of the most detailed scientific maps of Mars ever made.

You can see three different types of data in Google Mars

* Elevation – A shaded relief map, generated with data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. This map is color-coded by altitude, so you can use the color key at the lower left to estimate elevations.
* Visible – A mosaic of images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. MOC is like the digital camera you have at home. Basically, this is what your eyes would see if you were in orbit around Mars.
* Infrared – A mosaic of infrared images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Warmer areas appear brighter, and colder areas are darker. Clouds and dust in the atmosphere are transparent in the infrared, making this the sharpest global map of Mars that’s ever been made.

It not yet incorporated in Google Earth. Read more about the NASA Mars Exploration Program. So visit the Mars Map and look for life…

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