Figure 36.15 Olympus Mons. (b) perspective view.

(b) Perspective view of Olympus Mons created from several images taken from different spacecraft positions and combined with a computer model of the surface topography. The final mosaic shows the volcano as it would be seen from the northeast. The basal cliff and gentle rolling slopes higher up the volcano are clearly visible. The faint radial texture above the basal cliff marks the traces of thousands of separate lava flows. Places where lavas have flowed over the basal cliff can be seen to the left and at lower right. (NASA/JPL)

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