December 16, 2012 The Nereidum Montes, a mountain range on Mars Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum) The Nereidum Montes is a mountain range on Mars with mountains of three to four thousand meters in height. It stretches in an arc for about 1,150 kilometers, and marks the far northern extent of Argyre, the second [continue reading]
On 6 June, the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express revisited the Argyre basin, this time aiming at Nereidum Montes, some 380 km northeast of Hooke crater. The stunning rugged terrain of Nereidum Montes marks the far northern extent of Argyre, one of the largest impact basins on Mars. This computer-generated perspective view was [continue reading]