Visualization of the Martian Landscape

Описание: This visualization portrays a slow flyover of the Martian landscape.

In early 2015, a volcanic eruption in the Kingdom of Tonga created a new island informally known as Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH). The subsequent evolution of the new island was previously described in "The Birth of a New Island" available here . This is an additional visualization of the martian surface. Results of this study can enhance our understanding of numerous small volcanic landforms on Mars whose formation may have been in shallow-water environments during epochs when persistent surface water was present.

The complete visualization of "Using Earth to understand how water may have affected volcanoes on Mars" is available at https://svsdev.gsfc.nasa.gov/12932.

Learn more about the evolution of Earth's newest island and how it could reveal new infomration about the presence of water on Mars: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...

Visualizer: Cindy Starr (lead)

For more information or to download this public domain video, go to https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4635#25226