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Bitmap Image  |  1994-03-02  |  304KB  |  640x417  |  8-bit (222 colors)
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OCR: SURFACe FEATURES General Description The southern hemisphere of Mars IS very densely cratered Tsa terrain somewhat like the lunar highlands and contains craters of all sizes the northern hemisphere consists of low plains which are separated from the southern highlands by cliff which is 2 to 3 km high This region contains lava flows as well as other volcanic features Wind processes have caused dunes and "streaking on the surface. Mars has two large crustal The Tharsis and Elysium regions are both the size of the Earth's continents. Many volcanoes are located on each of these regions, including the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. The polar regions in both the north and south are cover 'ea with ice. Each ice cap appears to rest on land similar to the rest of the hemisphere. ...