PIA02804: Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Arsia Mons
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows views of Arsia Mons, the southern most of the Tharsis montes on Mars featuring the caldera structure and the flank massive breakout that produced a major side lobe.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  MOLA 
 Product Size:  524 x 462 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Goddard Space Flight Center 
 Addition Date:  2000-09-07 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02804.tif (231.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02804.jpg (52.9 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Two views of Arsia Mons, the southern most of the Tharsis montes, shown as topography draped over a Viking image mosaic. MOLA topography clearly shows the caldera structure and the flank massive breakout that produced a major side lobe. The vertical exaggeration is 10:1.

Image Credit:
NASA/MOLA Science Team

Image Addition Date:
2000-09-07