High Resolution Stereo Camera Shows a Large Remnant Mountain On Mars

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board Mars Express spacecraft, show the Ausonia Mensa massif on Mars.Ausonia Mensa is a large remnant mountain with several impact craters, rising above basaltic sheet layers. It stretches over an area of about 98 km by 48 km and has an elevation of 3700 metres.

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