Perspective view of Lycus Sulci and Yelwa Crater
This oblique perspective view of Lycus Sulci and Yelwa Crater 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 the large 8-km-wide Yelwa Crater in the background, while the wrinkled terrain of Lycus Sulci dominates the foreground. These features lie on the edge of the ‘aureole’ of Mars's largest volcano, Olympus Mons.
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 upper half is smooth and features a single impact crater (Yelwa Crater), while the bottom half is wrinkled, ridged, textured and at higher relief. This textured ground is Lycus Sulci, on the aureole of Olympus Mons.
