You Can See the Spot Where Lava Broke Through the Wall of a Martian Crater and Began Filling it Up

You Can See the Spot Where Lava Broke Through the Wall of a Martian Crater and Began Filling it Up
By Evan Gough

At a fundamental level, Mars is a volcanic planet. Its surface is home to the Solar System’s largest extinct volcano, Olympus Mons, and another trio of well-known volcanoes at Tharsis Montes. And those are just the highlights: there are many other volcanoes on the surface. Though that volcanic activity ceased long ago, the planet’s surface …

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December 15, 2020 at 02:39AM
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