Jun 15, 2023 21:00:00

``The Global CTX Mosaic of Mars'' that allows you to see Mars on a 3D map like Google Earth is on sale

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a Mars probe developed by NASA, launched in 2005 and has been conducting scientific observations of Mars since 2006. Caltech's Bruce Murray Planetary Imaging Laboratory has released a 3D viewer called ' The Global CTX Mosaic of Mars ' that allows you to see the surface of Mars using a total of 5.7 terapixel photos taken by this MRO. I'm here.

The Murray Lab - A Global CTX Mosaic of Mars
https://murray-lab.caltech.edu/CTX/

Access the above site and click 'SEE THE GLOBAL CTX MOSAIC OF MARS'.

Then, Mars composed of pictures taken by MRO is displayed as follows. You can move on the map by dragging.

You can zoom in and out with '+/-' on the right. Below is a zoom out until the whole Mars is reflected.

And below is the zoomed in so that the surface of Mars can be seen clearly. It is photographed with an accuracy of 5.0 meters per pixel and is three-dimensionally configured according to the terrain elevation.

You can change the direction of the camera by clicking the second icon from the top right. If you lower the angle of shooting with the camera, you can clearly see that the terrain on the surface of Mars is uneven.

The button displayed below is a button that allows you to jump to famous spots on Mars.

For example, clicking 'Jezero (Perseverance)' displays the Jezero crater where the Mars probe

Perseverance launched in 2020 landed. The movement path of Perseverance was also displayed on the crater.

Clicking 'Gale (Curiosity)' displays the Gale Crater, the landing point of the Mars probe

Curiosity (Rover) launched in 2011, and the movement route of Curiosity.

'Olympos Mons' is

Olympus volcano , the largest shield volcano in the solar system. The altitude from the elevation reference plane is more than 25,000m, which is more than three times that of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth, but I didn't feel that height at The Global CTX Mosaic of Mars.