Monday, September 24, 2007

NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Video: Simulated Flight over Gullied Crater

This is a video of a simulated flight over a gullied crater in the Centauri Montes region of Mars. NASA is interested in this region because one of the gullies inside the crater has a deposit of light-toned material that was not present in 1999 but appeared in 2004, according to before-and-after images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Orbital Surveyor. This unknown deposit in several hundred yards or meters long and could hold valuable information regarding the history of Mars' climate and geography.

Here is the link:

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/189979main_mro-flyover092007-320.mov

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