Visit Mars with Google
Not content with mapping Earth and the Moon, Google has extended it’s coverage to Mars. Google Mars allows users to view the surface of the Red Planet either by a colour-coded altitude map, black and white photographs, or an infra-red map.
The maps used on Google Mars were made from images captured by Nasa probes Mars Odyssey and Mars Global Surveyor, both currently orbiting the planet. Although most of the maps are already available on the net through Nasa websites, Google said its project is the first time ordinary users can explore the planet in such detail.
Using a similar interface to Google Earth, but without the need to download any software, users can zoom in, with key landmarks highlighted – including the final landing site of the British probe Beagle 2, which launched in 2003 but failed on landing.
Via BBC
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If there is any way possible would you take some interest in the children’s work in the High school if it is any way possible also can you e-mail me some video clips about mars before this Friday? Please and thank you. Connie Little
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