Mars map

[magid]

Check out Google Mars, with craters, mountains, spacecraft landings, and more.
(And Google's got a cute logo today to promote it.)

Comments

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Very cool. But wait - I thought Mars was red! Or was that all part of some government cover up?

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

According to the FAQ, they used grayscale for the visible tab because if they used real color, it would be like looking at an undifferentiated planet-sized mass of butterscotch. (Not that that sounds so bad.)

[magid.livejournal.com]

*sudden image of Wallace and Grommit going to Mars in search of butterscotch*

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

mmmm... chewy.... :)

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I did zoom in all the way, hoping for some sort of easter egg (like the cheese image Google Moon had). Butterscotch never occurred to me.

[magid.livejournal.com]

(a) topo map/weather map color usage.

(b) anything to make sure that the planet's not for those Russkies.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

(b) I knew it!