- Original Caption Released with Image:
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24 December 2004
This red wide angle Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
image shows Ascraeus Mons, the northernmost of the three Tharsis Montes
shield volcanoes. Ascraeus Mons is about 460 km (~286 mi) across and its
summit is at an elevation of about 18 km (11 mi) above the martian
datum -- the elevation designated as 0 km. The center of the summit
caldera is near 11°N, 104°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the
left/upper left.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Image Addition Date: -
2004-12-24
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