The map reveals stunning geological features on Mars in three dimensions.
that it hopes the new Mars map will motivate young people in the UAE to pursue careers in STEM disciplines.
"We plan to make our map available to the entire planet, as part of the new and more advanced Atlas of Mars, which we have been working on, and will be available in both English and Arabic once published," NYU Abu Dhabi group leader and research scientist Dimitra Atri said in the statement.
To create the map, Atri and the team took over 3,000 observations from EXI taken over one Mars year,a period equivalent to two years here on, and stitched them together to build a color composite. The resultant map shows many of the major geological features of the Red Planet in high resolution. The map reveals polar ice caps, mountains, and long inactive volcanoes, as well as remnants of ancient rivers, lakes, and valleys that around 3.5 billion years ago overflowed with liquid water. As such, the map could help planetary scientists better understand how the climate of Mars has changed over billions of years resulting in the dry and barren world we observe today.
"The complete Mars map also brings the UAE and the Arab world another step closer to achieving EMM's ambitious mission goal to provide a complete global picture of the Martian climate," Atri added."More than 30 previous spacecraft have only managed to capture a snapshot of the Mars weather, whilst EMM will follow the seasonal changes throughout a Martian year."
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