Archive March 2012

Color mosaic of Olympus Mons

Posted on March 15, 2012, in Exploring Mars • Viking Orbiter

Color mosaic of the Martian Olympus Mons volcano
and its surrounding plains.

Mosaic of the Martian Olympus Mons volcano and its surrounding plains made from two color composites using the following Viking 1 Orbiter images:
f735a41 and f735a42 (violet), f735a45 and f735a46 (green), f735a47 and f735a48 (red).
These images were taken on June 22, 1978.
The mosaic covers an area of nearly 1,600 x 800 kilometers. North is right and west is up.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University/Mosaic by astroarts.org

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