Mars today
Mars view is rendered on info plots bellow as it is seen from Earth now.
Mars view is rendered on info plots bellow as it is seen from Earth now.
Mars now posters plot current conditions on Mars and its relationship to Earth in six panels. The plots give information about orbits of Mars and Earth around the Sun and their apparent sizes, rotation axes.
Meteorological conditions on Mars, based on Ames Mars Climate Model, include wind speed and directions, daily average temperatures, atmospheric water vapor column etc. (plots description):
(External links to Mars info plots open in a new browser window.)
4 panel display | 6 panel display
Earth View | Space | Solar System
Mars Global Circulation Model Group at National Aeronautics and Space Administration, www-mgcm.arc.nasa.gov
Center for Mars Exploration at Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, cmex.ihmc.us