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Image: Olympus Mons aureole MOLA zoom 64

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Description: A colorized topographic map of the martian shield volcano Olympus Mons, together with its surrounding aureole, from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) instrument of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System, lies in the western part of the volcanic province Tharsis. The volcanoes Alba Mons and Pavonis Mons lie just beyond the upper right and lower right corners of the image, respectively. Some of the features in this image are annotated in Wikimedia Commons.
Title: Olympus Mons aureole MOLA zoom 64
Credit: JMARS
Author: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Arizona State University
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