Friday, December 2, 2011

ESA Mars Express: Mountains and buried ice

Phlegra Montes is a range of gently curving mountains and ridges on Mars.

They extend from the northeastern portion of the Elysium volcanic province to the northern lowlands.

This image is centred at 33°N/162°E. The High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA’s Mars Express collected the data for these images on 1 June 2011 during orbit 9465. The images have a ground resolution of about 16 m per pixel.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

A wider contextual image of the region surrounding Phlegra Montes. The smaller rectangle shows the region covered in this Mars Express HRSC image release.

Credits: NASA MGS MOLA Science Team

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