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Clouds Around Olympus Mons
FROST AND CLOUDS
18. Clouds Around Olympus Mons (20°N,135°W)

This painting, based on a mosaic of black-and-white Viking Orbiter images of Olympus Mons, shows the volcano's flanks and complex caldera protruding above thin clouds of water ice.

Painting by Gordon Legg, based on Viking Orbiter mosaic P17444. From NASA SP-444, 1980

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