Olympus Mons during an ice age


This a visualization of the Olympus Mons at sunrise with no water, but with snow and ice on its flanks. The other three Tharsis volcanoes in the backround.

One of the hypotheses is that Mars might have know ice ages like we had them on earth.








Resolution 1024x768

1/128 degree MOLA data

Height model made with
3DEM 17
and used as is
.