A Martian Gravity Map Showing the Tharsis Volcanoes and Surrounding Flexure (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Martian Gravity Map Showing the Tharsis Volcanoes and Surrounding Flexure

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This is a Martian gravity map showing the Tharsis volcanoes and surrounding flexure. The white areas in the center are higher-gravity regions produced by the massive Tharsis volcanoes, and the surrounding blue areas are lower-gravity regions that may be cracks in the crust (lithosphere).

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Credits: MIT/UMBC-CRESST/GSFC

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