Crater counts from high-resolution images taken by the Mars Express orbiter in 2004 indicated that lava flows on the northwestern flank of Olympus Mons range in age from 115 to only 2 million years or less - very young in geologic terms. This was a first clue that suggested that the volcano could still be active.
NASA's HiRISE has sent back a rather peculiar image of a circular landform on the surface of Mars.
The feature, which measures nearly 1.2 miles (2 km) wide, looks like some kind of circular island surrounded by a 'sea' of smooth looking lava flows. It's located in the Athabasca region of Mars, which contains some of the youngest lava flows on the planet.
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NASA scientists suspect that volcanism played a part in creating this strange feature:
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Perhaps lava has intruded underneath this mound and pushed it up from beneath. It looks as if material is missing from the mound, so it is also possible that there was a significant amount of ice in the mound that was driven out by the heat of the lava. There are an array of features like this in the region that continue to puzzle scientists.
Crack para manhunt 2 pc. NASA is hoping to get some more images of the object and others around it to learn more.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona.
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Apr. 4, 2012: This observation highlights Martian terrain that looks like an elephant. Actually, this image covers the margin of a lava flow in Elysium Planitia, the youngest flood-lava province on Mars. Flood lavas cover extensive areas, and were once thought to be emplaced extremely rapidly, like a flood of water. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
The dried flood of lava over the surface of Mars has created the spitting image of the eye and trunk of an elephant.
The curve of the animal's forehead and the dent of an ear also appear in a new photo taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
'This is a good example of the phenomena 'pareidolia,' where we see things (such as animals) that aren't really there,' University of Arizona planetary geologist Alfred McEwen wrote in an update posted on the university's HiRISE website.
The Mars elephant illusion photo shows a region of the Red Planet called the Elysium Planitia, which is the youngest flood-lava province on Mars.
Scientists aren't sure if the lava flows on Mars were deposited quickly, or over a longer time period, as is the case on Earth, where most lava floods were put in place over years to decades.
'This is probably true for much of the lava on Mars as well,' McEwen wrote. 'An elephant can walk away from the slowly advancing flow front. However, there is also evidence for much more rapidly flowing lava on Mars, a true flood of lava. In this instance, maybe this elephant couldn't run away fast enough.'
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the Red Planet since 2006, was launched in 2005. The orbiter, currently in an extended phase of its mission, has transmitted more data to Earth than all other interplanetary missions combined, NASA officials have said.
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