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MOC and MOLA
(M. Golombek & T. Parker)
MOLA contour maps with embedded MOC images
HematiteWest.jpg
Hematite West
HematiteEast.jpg
Hematite East
Melas.jpg
Melas Chasma
Gusev.jpg
Gusev Crater
Athabasca.jpg
Athabasca Vallis
IsidisWest.jpg
Isidis Planitia West
IsidisEast.jpg
Isidis Planitia East
EosOutflow.jpg
Eos Chasma
Gale.jpg Gale Crater EP69A.jpg EP69A Crater Boedickker.jpg Boedickker Crater Candor.jpg Candor Chasma Central_VM.jpg Central Valles Marineris
Top Finalists and Backups Previously Considered Sites

TES Thermal Inertia
(Shannon Pelkey et al.)
Full-resolution maps of TES-derived thermal inertia
terrameridiani.jpg
Terra Meridiani
gusev.jpg
Gusev Crater
isidis.jpg
Isidis Planitia
melas.jpg
Melas Chasma
vmoutflow.jpg
Valles Marineris Outflow
Top Finalists and Backups
boeddicker.jpg
Boeddicker Crater
gale.jpg
Gale Crater
ganges.jpg
Ganges Chasma
meridiani_crater.jpg
Meridiani Crater
unnamed_crater.jpg
Unnamed Crater
vallesmarineris.jpg
Valles Marineris
ares_I.jpg
Ares Vallis Tributary
elysium_I.jpg
Elysium Flow Sites
highlands_I.jpg
Highlands Site
sinus_I.jpg
Sinus Meridiani
Previously Considered Sites

Most of the following maps are offered in the original, data-only version, and in a "composite" version, in which a MOLA shaded-relief map is overlain with the data.

Geology and Mola   TES Thermal Inertia   TES Mineralogy   IRTM Data   Vertical Roughness

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Geology & MOLA
(M. Golombek & T. Parker)
Geology and MOLA topography overlaying MDIM surface images; 1:15M. Contains pre-revised landing ellipses.
Geology geology.jpg 14640 x 1286 6.0 Mbytes
MOLA mola.jpg 17023 x 1501 6.2 Mbytes
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TES Thermal Inertia
(M.T. Mellon, B. M. Jakosky, H. H. Kieffer, & P. R. Christensen)
High-Resolution thermal inertia maps from the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer, in press Icarus, 2000.
8 pixel-per-degree resolution (original), in the zone 15°N to 15°S.
Interpolated (data only) thermal_inertia_interp.jpg 4320 x 360 756 Kbytes
Interpolated (composite) thermal_inertia_interp.jpg 4320 x 360 603 Kbytes
Uninterpolated (data only) thermal_inertia_uninterp.jpg 4320 x 360 1503 Kbytes
Uninterpolated (composite) thermal_inertia_uninterp.jpg 4320 x 360 884 Kbytes
Legend tes_thermal_inertia.jpg 150 x 32 1.6 Kbytes

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TES Mineral Abundances
(Andesite and Basalt: J.L. Bandfield, V.E. Hamilton, and P.R. Christensen)
(Hematite: P.R. Christensen, M.C. Malin, R.V. Morris, J.L. Bandfield, and M.D. Lane)
Colorized composites with MOLA terrain data. [Full description and references]
Andesite tes_andesite.jpg 4320 x 2160 3.9 Mbytes
Basalt tes_basalt.jpg 4320 x 2160 3.5 Mbytes
Hematite tes_hematite.jpg 4320 x 2160 4.2 Mbytes

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IRTM Data
(M. Golombek & T. Parker)
Data from the Viking Infrared Thermal Mapper: original, and composited with MOLA terrain data.
Bulk Inertia (original) irtm_bulk_inertia.jpg 4000 x 508 340 Kbytes
Bulk Inertia (composite) irtm_bulk_inertia.jpg 4320 x 360 836 Kbytes
Bulk Inertia Legend irtm_bulk_inertia.jpg 150 x 23 1.5 Kbytes
Fine Component Inertia (original) irtm_fc_inertia.jpg 4000 x 510 427 Kbytes
Fine Component Inertia (composite) irtm_fc_inertia.jpg 4320 x 360 851 Kbytes
FC Inertia Legend irtm_fc_inertia.jpg 150 x 23 1.5 Kbytes
Rock Abundance (original) irtm_rock_abund.jpg 4000 x 464 642 Kbytes
Rock Abundance (composite) irtm_rock_abund.jpg 4320 x 360 975 Kbytes
Rock Abundance Legend irtm_rock_abund.jpg 150 x 20 1.4 Kbytes

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Vertical Roughness
(Jim Garvin et al.)
Total Vertical Roughness as measured by fully slope-corrected MOLA optical pulse width, filtered to remove instrument effects. [Full description]
Vertical Roughness (composite) composite.jpg 4320 x 360 838 Kbytes
Vertical Roughness (full-scale) large.jpg 21298 x 1771 14 Mbytes
Vertical Roughness Legend vert_roughness.jpg 429 x 79 6 Kbytes
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