“Dynamic Earth: Volcano Sapas Mons on Venus” by National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)

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Title:


    Dynamic Earth: Volcano Sapas Mons on Venus

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  • National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)

Description:


    This visualization excerpt from the Dynamic Earth full-dome production takes viewers across the hostile surface of Venus to the Sapas Mons crater, where a volcano spews smoke and lava. NASA’s Magellan Mission provided topography data for Venus, and scientist David Grinspoon from the Denver Museum advised the NCSA visualization team.

Additional Contributors:


    NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab: Donna Cox, AJ Christensen, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, Alex Betts, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, David Grinspoon

    Dynamic Earth is a
    fulldome production of
    Spitz Creative Media
    NCSA, University of Illinois
    at Urbana-Champaign
    NASA Scientific
    Visualization Studio
    Thomas Lucas
    Productions, Inc.

    In association with Denver Museum of Nature and Science