Shaded Relief and Coloured Height
The image below comes from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.
The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) obtained elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth. SRTM consisted of a specially modified radar system that flew onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour during an 11-day mission in February of 2000.
You can download either a 10 Mb TIFF, or a 2 Mb JPEG of the above image. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. A fly-by of the elevation model is also available. |
