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3D Olympus Mons Target Name:   Mars Spacecraft:   Viking orbiter Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  Public Domain Related Document Martian Volcanoes Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size olypers.gif GIF 940 x 392 211K olypers.jpg JPEG 940 x 392 24K This 3D image of Olympus Mons was created from several images taken from different spacecraft positions and combined with a computer model of the surface topography. The final mosaic shows Olympus as it would be seen from the northeast. It is possible that volcanoes of such magnitude were able to form on Mars because the hot volcanic regions in the mantle remained fixed relative to the surface for hundreds of millions of years.

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