Doug Ellison has taken the high-resolution imagine from NASA’s HiRISE probe and crunched it with some high-end animation packages to create a pair of flyovers of the Mars Terrain.

HiRISE creates detailed digital-elevation models. Crunch that data, add perspective and some cinematic effects, and you have the movies that Doug Ellison, founder of UnmannedSpaceflight.com, posted to YouTube this morning.

Two are available, one of the Mojave Crater and one of the Athabasca Valles . Check them out after the break.

via New Animations Take You Flying Over Mars | Wired Science | Wired.com.