When to Use Atmosphere Escape: Mars 3D Explorer
Open the Atmosphere Escape: Mars 3D Explorer when you want to see WHY and WHEN Mars lost most of its atmosphere - its lost magnetic shield, MAVEN's measured escape rate, and the real solar-storm spike - not just what Mars's air looks like today.
Sessions this explorer fits
Students asking why Mars ended up dry while Earth kept its oceans, teachers walking through NASA MAVEN's 2015 findings on solar-wind stripping, and readers who want to connect one cause (the lost magnetic field) to one effect (the escaping atmosphere) by scrubbing through time instead of reading a research paper first all get a direct answer here.
Sessions this explorer does not fit
Sessions this page does not fit are wanting Mars's present-day atmosphere structure by altitude across multiple worlds, which is on the Planet Atmosphere Scale Heights 3D Explorer; wanting to see Earth's own active magnetic shield in field-line detail, which is on the Earth Magnetosphere 3D Explorer; or wanting Mars's surface relief, which is on the Mars Terrain 3D Explorer. Walk through the controls in the step-by-step guide.
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