Mars Mountains

Mars 3D Mountains

These 3D models are derived from data collected by NASA's Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) aboard the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) orbiter. The data can be obtained from Mission Experiment Gridded Data Records (MEGDRs ), which are global topographical maps of Mars. Click here to go to the PDS Geosciences Node , where you can download the data yourself.

NASA's NASAVIEW software can be used to view the MEGDRs: click here to download the application.

3DEM was a freeware software application from Visualization Software LLC, by Richard Horne, that could view the MEGDRs and export them to VRML files. Unfortunately, it is no longer supported. You may be able to find it on Google.

You can view photographic images of Mars obtained by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) aboard the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter, from here .

You can download a VRML plugin for Firefox or Internet Explorer from:

Mount Olympus
	Olympus Mons, highest point on Mars: 24km high. Coordinates: 20N 135W File size: 217Kb gzipped, 865MB non-zipped. Model Data is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to view the 3D model.

Ascraeus Mons
	Ascraeus Mons Coordinates: 15N 105W File size: 58Kb gzipped, 209Kb non-zipped. Model Data is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to view the 3D model.

Pavonis Mons
	Pavonis Mons Coordinates: 1N 110W File size: 53Kb gzipped, 203Kb non-zipped. Model Data is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to view the 3D model.

Arsia Mons
	Arsia Mons Coordinates: 10S 120W File size: 54Kb gzipped, 204Kb non-zipped. Model Data is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to view the 3D model.

Hecates Tholus
	Hecates Tholus Coordinates: 32N 150E File size: 21Kb gzipped, 74Kb non-zipped. Model Data is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to view the 3D model.

Elysium Mons
	Elysium Mons Coordinates: 24N 145E File size: 23Kb gzipped, 75Kb non-zipped. Model Data is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to view the 3D model.

Albor Tholus
	Albor Tholus Coordinates: 19N 50 File size: 18Kb gzipped, 72Kb non-zipped. Model Data is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to view the 3D model.