Mars Crust Thickness
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a001100/a001105/index.html

Alex Kekesi, David Smith, NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA/GSFC


Looking at a slice of Mars. The slice depicts Mars from south (left) to north (right). Notice the downward trend from right to left, showing that Mars is mostly downhill from North to South.

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Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Planetary ScienceKeywords: Mars, MOHO, MGS-MOLA