Science & Exploration
Topography and context of Tharsis and surroundings
This colour-coded image shows the location and topography of a slice of Mars imaged to mark a milestone for ESA’s Mars Express: its 25 000th orbit around the Red Planet.
The area outlined by the diagonal rectangular box indicates the area imaged by Mars Express on 19 October 2023. The globe view is based on a digital terrain model of the region, from which the topography of the landscape can be derived. Lower parts of the surface are shown in blues and purples, while higher altitude regions show up in whites and reds, as indicated on the scale at the bottom. The ground resolution is <450 m/pixel and the image is centred at about 2°N/248°E.
