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Mars : The caldera of Apollinaris Patera

author: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin-G. Neukum/Novapix

reference: a-mar09-00091

Image Size 300 DPI: 46 * 21 cm

This martian volcano measures approximately 180 by 280 kilometres at its base and rises about 5000 meters above the surrounding terrain. Its caldera forms of a large crater approximately 80 kilometres in diameter and up to 1 kilometre deep.
Image taken on 26 October 2004 by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard the ESA spacecraft Mars Express.

Keywords for this photo:

2004 - APOLLINARIS PATERA - ASTRONOMY - CALDERA - IMPACT CRATER - MARS - MARS EXPRESS - PLANET - VOLCANO -