Tempe (De Groff, Schumann and Valimberti, May 31), Tharsis Montes (brighter than
Olympus Mons) and Tharsis generally.
Schiaparelli's Nix Olympica is the canopy of cloud that often shrouds
Olympus Mons. When local noon approaches, clouds frequently begin to form over the summits of the Tharsis shield volcanoes as winds carry warm, moisture-laden air over the peaks.
My eighth selection is a stunning image of a place where lava flows streamed down the slopes of
Olympus Mons (top), cascaded over the cliff at its base, and then swerved toward the lower left (8).
At
Olympus Mons, for example, he muses on the problems of supplying such a massive expedition:
Try spotting the snow-white clouds, comprised of water-ice crystals, that form in late spring and early summer above
Olympus Mons and the other Tharsis shield volcanoes.
Through the team's research it is revealed that the largest volcano of the solar system -
Olympus Mons on Mars - has been formed in a similar way to those of Iceland.
He's the leader of the Settlement Defense Front's fleet, at the helm of their biggest ship, the
Olympus Mons. It's a classic war story in a different setting, naval warfare with two captains dueling it out in the reaches of space." On being asked about how an actor is chosen, he added, "We wanted someone - a skilled actor obviously - who had a notable presence.
The cause were giant eruptions that threw up the largest volcanoes in the solar system and formed a bulge known as the Tharsis region, home of
Olympus Mons. Towering 16 miles above the Martian surface,
Olympus Mons is tall enough to eclipse three Mount Everests stacked on top of one another.
I like volcanoes, so an excursion to
Olympus Mons, the largest one in the solar system, appeals.
On which planet is
Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system?
As a writer, Macaulay is
Olympus Mons, and Forster, the author of one good novel (Passage to India), is a tiny hillock.