Olympus Mons
A giant shield volcano rising about 22 km above the Martian reference level. Its broad caldera records summit collapse.
Source ↗UNIVERSUM · MARS
Mars atlas
Volcanoes, canyons and craters: get to know some of the red planet’s great landscapes.
Mars atlas
An educational atlas of five landmarks. Images are documentary references, not the hemisphere currently visible from Earth. Gale and Jezero are not details to identify in a small telescope.
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Valles Marineris
A canyon system about 4,000 km long, recording deformation and evolution of the Martian crust.
Source ↗Gale
This crater contains Mount Sharp, a mountain of sedimentary layers. Curiosity investigated evidence of ancient lake environments here.
Source ↗Jezero
An ancient crater lake with a preserved delta, selected for Perseverance’s investigation of past environments.
Source ↗Polar caps
The polar regions contain ice and layered deposits. Their appearance changes with the seasons; they are not identical to Earth’s ice caps.
Source ↗Sources and credits
Space-mission images; mosaics and processing are identified in the credits. NASA/JPL · Image use
Educational reference values and sources checked on 23 October 2026.