Image:Olympus Mons.jpg

[edit] Original caption

This image is a mosaic of Olympus Mons. The mosaic was created with the
medium-resolution black and white MDIM combined with a low resolution
color image mosaic acquired on the 735 orbit of Viking 1 on June 22,
1978.

The cental edifice of Olympus Mons has a summit caldera 24 km above the
surrounding plains. Surrounding the volcano is an outward-facing scarp
550 km in diameter and several kilometers high. Beyond the scarp is a
moat filled with lava, most likely derived from Olympus Mons. Farther
out is an aureole of characteristically grooved terrain, just visible at
the top of the frame. 

Image Processing by Jody Swann/Tammy Becker/Alfred McEwen, using the
PICS (Planetary Image Cartography System) image processing system
developed at  the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona.

[edit] Source

• http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mars/olympus_mons.jpg from http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-mars.html, cropped in The GIMP.

[edit] Licensing

This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy). Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Nederlands | Português | Русский | ‪中文(简体)‬ | ‪中文(繁體)‬ | +/-

Warnings: Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems are restricted per US law 14 CFR 1221. The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials from the Hubble Space Telescope may be copyrighted if they do not explicitly come from the STScI. [1] All materials created by the SOHO probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [3]

• Olympus Mons
• Portal:Mars/Selected article
• Portal:Mars/Selected article/December 2007