Global Mars terrain — measured elevation from NASA MGS MOLA laser altimetry (observed 1996–2001, 463 m/px, z0–8). Click anywhere for elevation. Tiles are manufactured by KUON GEO from the original data (terrain-rgb, with SHA-256 provenance). ℹ About this map🌙 KUON MOON🌏 Earth: KUON MAP
LAYERS
ELEVATION (km, MOLA datum)
-8.2-2.50+5+12+21.2
Measured by MOLA laser altimetry, 1996–2001. Colour is a display choice; the elevation itself is measured. Click anywhere for the value.
NIGHT INFRARED
cools fast (dust, sand)stays warm (rock)
How the ground looks in infrared at night, not a temperature reading. USGS publishes it as a visual representation only. 60N–60S; the poles are not covered.
PLACE NAMES
volcanocanyonplainhighlandridgecrater
1,952 names adopted by the IAU. Larger features appear first; more appear as you zoom in.
EARTH & MARS
Earth —
Solar longitude Ls —（—）
Mars year —
Distance between the planets —
One-way light time —
Distance and light time are approximations from simplified orbital elements. They can differ from a precise ephemeris (JPL) by a few minutes.
📏 Click a start point and an end point to draw a cross-section from measured elevation
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Gale Crater weather · 14 Earth years×
Air temp (min…max)Ground tempPressure
DEM: NASA/USGS MGS MOLA 463m (CC0) · tiles & hosting: KUON GEO · place names: IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS) · landing sites: published positions from NASA/JPL-Caltech, ESA, IKI, CNSA (some estimated) · beyond ±85° is outside this projection