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MOC and MOLA
(M. Golombek & T. Parker)
MOLA contour maps with embedded MOC images

Hematite West

Hematite East

Melas Chasma

Gusev Crater

Athabasca Vallis

Isidis Planitia West

Isidis Planitia East

Eos Chasma
Gale Crater EP69A Crater Boedickker Crater Candor Chasma 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

Terra Meridiani

Gusev Crater

Isidis Planitia

Melas Chasma

Valles Marineris Outflow
Top Finalists and Backups

Boeddicker Crater

Gale Crater

Ganges Chasma

Meridiani Crater

Unnamed Crater

Valles Marineris

Ares Vallis Tributary

Elysium Flow Sites

Highlands Site

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

Geology & MOLA
(M. Golombek & T. Parker)
Geology and MOLA topography overlaying MDIM surface images; 1:15M. Contains pre-revised landing ellipses.
Geology 14640 x 1286 6.0 Mbytes
MOLA 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) 4320 x 360 756 Kbytes
Interpolated (composite) 4320 x 360 603 Kbytes
Uninterpolated (data only) 4320 x 360 1503 Kbytes
Uninterpolated (composite) 4320 x 360 884 Kbytes
Legend 150 x 32 1.6 Kbytes

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 4320 x 2160 3.9 Mbytes
Basalt 4320 x 2160 3.5 Mbytes
Hematite 4320 x 2160 4.2 Mbytes

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

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) 4320 x 360 838 Kbytes
Vertical Roughness (full-scale) 21298 x 1771 14 Mbytes
Vertical Roughness Legend 429 x 79 6 Kbytes
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