Shows the elevation of the martian landscape.
red = hill, blue = valley
the big blue crater at 60°E, 45°S is probably an old impact crater from an asteroid and is 4 km deep!
The highest mountain on Mars is olympus mons at 20°N, 130°W with an altitude of 21 km above planet-wide average.
Source: NASA, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
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Fun fact, Olympus Mons is so wide and its slope so gradual that you would never be able to see the whole thing from a distance and would scarcely even know you were walking uphill were you to climb it.
I bet a participant in the tour de, er, Mars would notice. It’s what’s called a “vals plat” in Dutch, a stretch that seems flat but is surprisingly hard to cycle on.
I’m assuming the rough translation is “false flat” right?
I think the slope would be the least of your concerns if you found yourself cycling around mars
True. Not a lot of bike shops around if you get a flat.
You have to have one of those little baggies with repair stuff on the back of your saddle.
I’d bring a phone too. Then you could see which stores are open to get a bite at. Because biking is tiring!
I suggest you bring a snack.
Like living somewhere coastal where it feels like you have a headwind going to and from work.
It may be 25 (21?) km tall, but it’s also the size of France.
After climbing the 6 kilometer high cliff