Lunar and Martian Features.
The files required to make these 3D prints are available at no charge on a
NASA website.
The website has files for printing Lunar and Martian features, Apollo landing
sites, rockets and
inter-planetary probes as well as some minor planets.
Detailed description of the features printed can be found in links below.
The left hand panes in the table below shows an image of the print I made.
The right hand panes show a video showing (very roughly!) how the shadows
of the feature change from Lunar or Martian dawn towards noon as it rotates to
face the Sun.
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Some Lunar Features
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Copernicus
Large crater just south
of Mare Imbrium.
Details of this crater.
Click on the play arrow to
play the video in You Tube.
CLOSE the YouTube window
to return to this page.
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Gassendi
Complex crater just north
of Mare Humorum.
Details of this crater.
Click on the play arrow to
play the video in You Tube.
CLOSE the YouTube window
to return to this page.
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The Aristarchus Plateau
and Schroter's Valley.
This is the brightest feature on the
Moon,
visible in the top left quadrant.
Details of this feature.
Click on the play arrow then
CLOSE the YouTube window
to return to this page.
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Apollo 15 Landing
Site.
Mount Hadley is in the top right hand
corner. The Hadly Rille runs from
bottom left, to the centre then left
again.
Details of this area.
Click on the play arrow then
CLOSE the YouTube window
to return to this page.
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Some Martian Features
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The Volcanoes of the
Tharsis Plateau.
The volcano lower right is the highest
in the Solar System.
Details of this area.
Click on the play arrow then
CLOSE the YouTube window
to return to this page.
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Valles Marineris
This huge canyon was probably
formed following a volcanic eruption on the Tharsis
Plateau (above) in the time when Mars still had
liquid water.
The cataclysmic flood gouged out a
canyon which would stretch from Los Angeles to New
York if it had been on Earth.
The Grand Canyon is a mere scratch
on the Earth's surface in comparison.
Details of this area. |
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The left hand pane
shows the central part
in detail. Slumps and
avalanches are
visible in the canyon
walls.
Click on the play arrow on the right to
see the Sun rise over the canyon then
CLOSE the YouTube window
to return to this page.
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