Ascraeus Mons Flank

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows part of the northwestern upper flank of Ascraeus Mons. Lava flows and collapse features cover the flank of the volcano. Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost of the three large Tharsis volcanoes and is the tallest at 18km (11 miles) high. For comparison Mauna Kea - the tallest volcano on Earth - is 10 km tall (6.2 miles, measured from the base below sea level).

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Context

Latitude: 12.7202

Longitude: 254.248

Orbit Number: 88002

Captured: 2021-10-16 09:24

Posted to Web: Thu, 2022-01-13

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (64 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.035151 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0352804 km/pixel

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