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The Biblis Patera volcano

7 September 2005

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This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, shows the Biblis Patera volcano, located in the western part of the Tharsis rise on Mars.

The HRSC obtained this image on 8 November 2004 during orbit 1034 with a ground resolution of approximately 10.8 metres per pixel. It shows the region of Biblis Patera at approximately 2.0° North and 236.0° East. North is to the right.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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Map showing the area surrounding the Biblis Patera volcano. The scenes show the region of Biblis Patera, at approximately 2.0° North and 236.0° East.

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This image taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, shows the Biblis Patera volcano, located in the western part of the Tharsis rise on Mars.

The HRSC obtained this image on 8 November 2004 during orbit 1034 with a ground resolution of approximately 10.8 metres per pixel. Its shows the region of Biblis Patera at approximately 2.0° North and 236.0° East. North is to the right.

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This 3D image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, shows the Biblis Patera volcano, located in the western part of the Tharsis rise on Mars.

The volcano is 170 kilometres long, 100 kilometres wide and rises nearly three kilometres above its surroundings. The bowl-shaped ‘caldera’ has a diameter of 53 kilometres and extends to a maximum depth of roughly 4.5 kilometres. North is to the right.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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This perspective view of the Biblis Patera volcano, looking west, was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft on 8 November 2004.

Biblis Patera is 170 kilometres long, 100 kilometres wide and rises nearly three kilometres above its surroundings. The caldera has a diameter of 53 kilometres and extends to a maximum depth of roughly 4.5 kilometres.

The caldera may have been formed as the result of collapse of the magma chamber during eruptions of the volcano, and some of the structures seen in the caldera walls suggest that multiple collapse events have occurred.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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