Volcanos on Mars: Elysium Region
Explanation:
This "synthetic color" image swath of the Elysium Volcanic Region
of Mars
was recorded by
Mars Global Surveyor's wide angle camera on July 2.
North is up and the sun illuminates the scene from the lower right.
Bright clouds hover near
the northern most
dome-shaped volcano Hecates
Tholus.
The shield volcano Elysium
Mons lies about 250 miles south near the image center,
and farther south lies another dome-shaped volcano, Albor
Tholus, with a broad summit basin or
caldera.
Even though Mars is just half the size of planet Earth, it is
known for its volcanos -
the largest of which dwarf their
terrestrial counterparts.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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