Sign of an Active Past
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Sign of an Active Past
Mars' Great volcano at Olympus Mons, as recorded from orbit by the Viking spacecraft. Mars' massive volcanoes are symbols that the planet was once fiery and dynamic. And now new research suggests that before the planet cooled off, it played host to a bizarre form of "shell" plate tectonics.
 
 
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