Mark Wagner wrote:
>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
>

This is true, Vallas Marinaris is very flat.  I used it for my enty in the
Winderness round and to make the image more interesting I had to stretch
the data vertically. (just like NASA).
See...
http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2000-06-30/mars.txt
http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2000-06-30/mars.jpg
-bob

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