On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:00:27 -0400, Wolfox quoth:

> Feel free to use it, cause I won't have the time. Here's the picture as
> I imagine it.
> 
> <idea>
> On the background there can be seen two of the most spectacular
> landscapes in Mars: Mount Olympus, a silent vulcan more than 30km high,
> and a gigantic canyon more than 30 km deep. It's a beautiful Martian
> morning.
> 
> On the foreground, alien tourists observe and take photographs of the
> landscape, awed by its beauty... not leaving without some souvenirs from
> the green men stores.
> </idea>

Only one problem: Mount Olympus isn't very impressive.  It may be the
tallest mountain in the solar system, but it's also the widest: about 450
km wide.  The end result is a mountain that you can climb to the top of
without noticing that you are going uphill.  And I suspect that when we
actually get to Mars, we'll find that Vallas Marinaris is too big to be
impressive.

-- 
Mark

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