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This oblique perspective view of Lycus Sulci on Mars was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. It shows wrinkled, ridged terrain lying at the edges of the ‘aureole’ of Olympus Mons, Mars’s tallest and most imposing volcano.
Image description: This tan-coloured patch of Mars's surface is split visually in two on the diagonal from lower left to upper right: the lower half is smooth and largely unmarked, while the top half is wrinkled, ridged, incredibly textured and at higher relief. This textured ground is Lycus Sulci, on the aureole of Olympus Mons.