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 Tharsis Montes

Tharsis Montes located in the western hemisphere of the Mars. Tharsis volcanoes are Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons and Ascraeus Mons. Tharsis Montes
are product of volcanism and they are associated with tectonic processes which caused extensive crustal deformation in this area. Previous studies
suggest that, Tharsis region is built on hot spot, similar to the island of Hawaii. Hot spot generates large quantities of magma in the lower crust that is
released to the surface as basaltic lava. Mars lacks plate tectonics therefore the lava is able to build up in one region for billions of years to produce
enormously large volcanic cones with giant heights. Image of Tharsis Monts region was taken by Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on 11-10-2014 at a
spatial resolution of 1926 m from an altitude of 37695 km.

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Part of Noctis Labyrinthus Arsia Mons

Pavonis Mons

Ascraeus Mons,

Three dimensional perspective view of Tharsis Montes