Great Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica (treatment #2 North) (2004)

Synopsis

Antarctica is the coldest and most remote continent on Earth. In this sequence we plunge from space down to a remarkably detailed view of a unique part of the Dry Valleys. By studying this place researchers think they might gain insight into how life on Mars might either survive now or have developed in the past. It is called the Don Juan Pond, and its one of the saltiest, coldest bodies of water on Earth. Treatment #2 uses an IKONOS inset that's enhanced to show detail. This portion of the visualization is intended to follow Great Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica (treatment #2 - found in animation 2874) and moves in close to traverses the top edge of the valley surrounding it. These gullies are similar to features on Mars that have been photographed by orbiting spacecraft. They serve as signs of surface erosion and are analogous to the kinds of tell-tales that Mars experts are want to study more thoroughly for signs of a wetter Martian past. Note: Up close view of the Dry Valleys in Antarctica. Animator: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC), Marte Newcombe (GST), Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC), Cindy Starr (GST), Alex Kekesi (GST). Scientist: James Garvin (NASA/HQ). Writer: Michael Starobin (HTSI). Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: IKONOS.

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Collection

NASA

Internet Archive item

SVS-2875

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• Mars, Zoom, Pond

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