The animations on this page were captured in realtime using Mars Explorer and the HiRISE data. There is no vertical exageration. The maximum view distance is approximately 5km beyond which the terrain is fogged out. Surface curvature has not been taken into account because at 5km the drop due to curvature is only about 4 meters. The spatial resolution of the elevation data is 1 meter. The spatial resolution of the image data is, unless otherwise stated, .25 meters.

Data credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Flight over south west Candor Chasma

Candor Chasma is one of the largest canyon systems in Valles Marineris.

Flight over Gale crater

Gale crater is a possible landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory due to be launched in 2011. The image spatial resolution in this animation is .5 meters.

Flight over Olympus Mons Basal Scarp

This animation shows part of the cliff that surrounds Olympus Mons, the largest volcanoe in the solar system.