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The red planet Mars is now viewable from within World Wind (using version 1.3.4 or above) and has full 3D terrain. For more information on whats new in 1.3.4 visit the Guide to 1.3.4.

Contents 1 Introduction to Mars 2 Mars Tutorial 3 Viewing Mars 4 Mars Layers 5 MOC 256 6 MOC Fused Color 7 MDIM 8 MDIM Fused Color 9 Mars THEMIS 10 Mars THEMIS Color 11 MOLA Colored 12 MOLA Color 13 Mars Color 14 Mars Add-ons 14.1 Mars Missions 15 Mars Videos 16 Martian Hotspots 17 Olympus Mons 18 Valles Marineris 19 Face of Cydonia 20 Mars Smiley 21 Related Links 22 Credits

Introduction to Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, named after the Roman god of war, it is 1/2 the size of Earth (see figure 1), and its red appearance is mainly due to iron oxide on the surface.

For a much more detailed description see the wikipedia Mars page, a NASA tour of Valles Marineris video, two educational pages at NASA Learning technologies planet Mars and What's The Difference, and a NASA fact sheet about Mars.

Mars Tutorial

A flash tutorial that explains how to view Mars in World Wind can be found at the World Wind Tours Homepage.

Viewing Mars

You can view Mars by either double clicking the 'World Wind Mars 1.3' desktop icon (see the image on the right of this page), selecting Start->Programs->NASA->World Wind Mars 1.3, or after launching World Wind by switching to Mars from the File menu.

Mars Layers

The different Mars layers can be toggled on and off by clicking the corresponding icon in World Winds toolbar (see image below).

MOC 256	MOC Fused Color
High resolution greyscale imagery, created using imagery from the Mars Orbital Camera. More information about the Mars Orbital Camera can be found at the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Geodesy Campaign Mosaic page.	High resolution color imagery, created using MOC imagery fused with the Mars color dataset. More information about the Mars Orbital Camera can be found at the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Geodesy Campaign Mosaic page.
MDIM	MDIM Fused Color
High resolution greyscale imagery, created using a single spectral band. More information about the Mars Global Digital Image Mosaic can be found at the MDIM Project homepage.	High resolution color imagery, created using a single spectral band fused with the Mars color dataset. More information about the Mars Global Digital Image Mosaic can be found at the MDIM Project homepage.
Mars THEMIS	Mars THEMIS Color
High resolution greyscale imagery, 256 ppd/230m, created using data from NASA Mars Odyssey/THEMIS. More information about the Thermal Emission Imaging System can be found at the THEMIS Project homepage.	High resolution color imagery, 256 ppd/230m, created using data from NASA Mars Odyssey/THEMIS. More information about the Thermal Emission Imaging System can be found at the THEMIS Project homepage.
MOLA Colored	MOLA Color
Elevation Map, created using data from JPL. The color of the map represents the elevation. The highest points are represented in red. The lowest points are represented in black.	Shaded relief derivied from altimetry, colorized by elevation. 128 ppd/460m, created using data from MOLA. The color of the map represents the elevation.

Mars Color

High resolution color imagery, created using MDIM imagery from the USGS.

Mars Add-ons

For information on how to use World Wind add-ons visit the Add-on Launchpad.

Mars Missions

The Mars Missions add-on displays the locations of various NASA related Mars landings. For more information and to download this add-on please visit the Mars Missions add-on page.

Mars Videos

This is a collection of Martian flyovers created using World Wind.

• 20MB flash file
• 13.5MB avi

Martian Hotspots

Interesting places on the Lunar surface, click the links for more information, or click the worldwind button to visit the location in World Wind.

Olympus Mons	Valles Marineris	Face of Cydonia	Mars Smiley
Olympus Mons .	Valles Marineris .	Face of Cydonia .	Mars Smiley .

Related Links

• Mars exploration page
• The new Mars
• Wikipedia Mars page

Credits

• THEMIS ASU - Christensen, P.R., N.S. Gorelick, G.L. Mehall, and K.C. Murray, THEMIS Public Data Releases, Planetary Data System node, Arizona State University
• Malin Space Science Systems
• PDS Geosciences Node Washington University
• MDIM USGS
• USGS
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• NASA World Wind Team
• JMARS
• Adam Nowacki