Science, Technology and Society 361: "Mars Exploration" -- Fall 2010

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

More surface features of Mars

This is another website that talks about the surface features of Mars. First it talks about the massive volcanoes on Mars, mostly Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is larger than 400 km bigger than any volcano formed on Earth, which shows that while Mars no longer is active, for a while, there was great volcanism on the planet. It also talks about large canyon systems and running water erosion wind erosion, and the polar ice caps. It is interesting.

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