Tharsis quadrangle
[2] The quadrangle covers the area from 90° to 135° west longitude and 0° to 30° north latitude on Mars and contains most of the Tharsis Rise.[4] Pavonis Mons, the middle in a line of three volcanoes, sits at just about dead center on the equator.It has been proposed that these are the result of plate motion which on Earth makes volcanic arc islands.[5][6][7][8][9] Although Mars displays many volcanoes here and other places, there has been no evidence of recent volcanic activity, even at a very low level.Research, published in 2017, found no active release of volcanic gases during two successive Martian years.The greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide raises the temperature of a planet by trapping heat in the form of infrared radiation.[3] The Tharsis quadrangle is also home to large troughs (long narrow depressions) called fossae in the geographical language used for Mars.Sinkholes, where the ground falls into a hole (sometimes in the middle of a town) resemble pit craters on Mars.[15][16] Knowledge of the locations and formation mechanisms of pit craters and fossae is important for the future colonization of Mars because they may be reservoirs of water.[32] [33] [34] [35] Some researchers have suggested that lava flows covered the ice cap, thereby causing it to melt rather quickly.We know a lot about it because the solar panels of the Mars Rovers get covered with it, thus reducing the electrical energy.Research, published in January 2012 in Icarus, found that dark streaks were initiated by airblasts from meteorites traveling at supersonic speeds.The crater cluster lies near the equator 510 miles) south of Olympus Mons, on a type of terrain called the Medusae Fossae formation.The largest crater in the cluster is about 22 meters (72 feet) in diameter with close to the area of a basketball court.As the meteorite traveled through the Martian atmosphere it probably broke up; hence a tight group of impact craters resulted.
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