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<h2 id="formation">Formation</h2> <p>The mountain appears to be an enormous mound of eroded sedimentary layers sitting on the central peak of Gale. It rises 5.5 km (18,000 ft) above the northern crater floor and 4.5 km (15,000 ft) above the southern crater floor, higher than the southern crater rim. The sediments may have been laid down over an interval of 2 billion years,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> and may have once completely filled the crater. Some of the lower sediment layers may have originally been deposited on a lake bed,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> while observations of possibly cross-bedded strata in the upper mound suggest <a href="/facts/Aeolian_processes/HpjdrW4l">aeolian processes</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> However, this issue is debated,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> and the origin of the lower layers remains unclear.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> If <a href="/facts/Katabatic_wind/3H6Ay619">katabatic wind</a> deposition played the predominant role in the emplacement of the sediments, as suggested by reported 3 degree radial slopes of the mound's layers, erosion would have come into play largely to place an upper limit on the mound's growth.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> </p><p>On December 8, 2014, a panel of NASA scientists discussed (<a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56255521">archive 62:03)</a> the latest observations of <i>Curiosity</i> about how water may have helped shape the landscape of Mars, including Aeolis Mons, and had a climate long ago that could have produced long-lasting lakes at many Martian locations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> </p><p>On October 8, 2015, NASA confirmed that lakes and streams existed in Gale crater 3.3 - 3.8 billion years ago delivering sediments to build up the lower layers of Mount Sharp.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p><p>On February 1, 2019, NASA scientists <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory/GVTkPlsW">reported</a> that <i>Curiosity</i> had determined, for the first time, the density of Mount Sharp in Gale crater, thereby establishing a clearer understanding of how the mountain was formed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="size-comparisons">Size comparisons</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Mountain</th><th>km high</th></tr><tr><td>Aeolis</td><td>5.5</td></tr><tr><td>Huygens</td><td>5.5</td></tr><tr><td>Denali</td><td>5.5 (btp)</td></tr><tr><td>Blanc</td><td>4.8 (asl)</td></tr><tr><td>Uhuru</td><td>4.6 (btp)</td></tr><tr><td>Fuji</td><td>3.8 (asl)</td></tr><tr><td>Zugspitze</td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Aeolis Mons is 5.5 km (18,000 ft) high, about the same height as <a href="/facts/Mons_Huygens/4nBE5N4I">Mons Huygens</a>, the <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_mountains_in_the_Solar_System/hvppaJvg">tallest lunar mountain</a>, and taller than <a href="/facts/Mons_Hadley/08vyoXwF">Mons Hadley</a> visited by <a href="/facts/Apollo_15/8h2QMY4z">Apollo 15</a>. The <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_mountains_in_the_Solar_System/hvppaJvg">tallest mountain known in the Solar System</a> is in <a href="/facts/Rheasilvia/P0dq18De">Rheasilvia</a> crater on the asteroid <a href="/facts/4_Vesta/xnQ8acw1">Vesta</a>, which contains a central mound that rises 22 km (14 mi; 72,000 ft) high; <a href="/facts/Olympus_Mons/wnnlS99Q">Olympus Mons</a> on Mars is nearly the same height, at 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high. </p><p>In comparison, <a href="/facts/Mount_Everest/hspjxkgv">Mount Everest</a> rises to 8.8 km (29,000 ft) altitude above sea level (asl), but is only <a href="/facts/Mount_Everest/hspjxkgv">4.6 km (15,000 ft)</a> (base-to-peak) (btp).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> Africa's <a href="/facts/Mount_Kilimanjaro/82wb2Xy0">Mount Kilimanjaro</a> is about 5.9 km (19,000 ft) altitude above sea level to the Uhuru peak;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> also 4.6 km base-to-peak.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> America's <a href="/facts/Denali/ud7RMYwY">Denali</a>, also known as <i>Mount McKinley</i>, has a base-to-peak of 5.5 km (18,000 ft).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> The Franco-Italian <i><a href="/facts/Mont_Blanc/Ds8dBfL2">Mont Blanc/Monte Bianco</a></i> is 4.8 km (16,000 ft) in altitude above sea level,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Mount_Fuji/DkJadl26">Mount Fuji</a>, which overlooks Tokyo, Japan, is about 3.8 km (12,000 ft) altitude. Compared to the <a href="/facts/List_of_mountains_in_the_Andes/Fo5QDY9c">Andes</a>, Aeolis Mons would rank outside the hundred tallest peaks, being roughly the same height as Argentina's <a href="/facts/Cerro_Pajonal/dbgfKVTJ">Cerro Pajonal</a>; the peak is higher than any above sea level in Oceania, but base-to peak it is considerably shorter than Hawaii's <a href="/facts/Mauna_Kea/KJoe5ECR">Mauna Kea</a> and <a href="/facts/Mountain_peaks_of_Hawaii/g3x3Ha2D">its neighbors</a>. </p> <h2 id="name">Name</h2> <p>Discovered in the 1970s, the mountain remained unnamed for several decades. When Gale crater became a candidate landing site, the mountain was given various labels e.g. in 2010 a NASA photo caption called it "Gale crater mound".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> In March 2012, NASA unofficially named it "Mount Sharp", after American geologist <a href="/facts/Robert_P._Sharp/c5Sk6uGv">Robert P. Sharp</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> </p> <p>Since 1919 the <a href="/facts/International_Astronomical_Union/GMFPImXo">International Astronomical Union</a> (IAU) has been the official body responsible for <a href="/facts/Planetary_nomenclature/KdwBzXJM">planetary nomenclature</a>. Under its long-established <a href="/facts/Planetary_nomenclature/KdwBzXJM">rules for naming features on Mars</a>, mountains are named after the <a href="/facts/Classical_albedo_features_on_Mars/5aBTexhF">classical albedo feature</a> in which they are located, not after people. In May 2012 the IAU officially named the mountain Aeolis Mons after the <a href="/facts/Classical_albedo_features_on_Mars/5aBTexhF">Aeolis albedo feature</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> It also gave the name <a href="/facts/Aeolis_Palus/M16DEo9R">Aeolis Palus</a> to the plain located on the crater floor between the northern wall of Gale and the northern foothills of the mountain.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> The IAU's choice of name is supported by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Geological_Survey/nVaGtMjl">United States Geological Survey</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> Martian craters are named after deceased scientists, so in recognition of NASA and Sharp, at the same time the IAU named "<a href="/facts/Robert_Sharp_(crater)/Yn7Bxvwl">Robert Sharp</a>", a large crater (150 km (93 mi) diameter) located about 260 km (160 mi) west of Gale.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> </p><p>NASA and the <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">European Space Agency</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> continue to refer to the mountain as "Mount Sharp" in press conferences and press releases. This is similar to their use of other informal names, such as the <a href="/facts/Columbia_Hills_(Mars)/2HhTLH7t">Columbia Hills</a> near one of the <a href="/facts/Mars_Exploration_Rover/74WxIsHS">Mars Exploration Rover</a> landing sites. </p><p>In August 2012, the magazine <i><a href="/facts/Sky_%26_Telescope/DSltKDCk">Sky & Telescope</a></i> ran an article explaining the rationale of the two names and held an informal poll to determine which one was preferred by their readers. Over 2700 people voted, with Aeolis Mons winning by 57% to Mount Sharp's 43%.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="spacecraft-exploration">Spacecraft exploration</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory/GVTkPlsW">Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory</a></p> Geology map – from the crater floor in <a href="/facts/Aeolis_Palus/M16DEo9R">Aeolis Palus</a> up the slopes of Aeolis Mons(September 11, 2014). Rocks in "Hidden Valley" near the "Pahrump Hills" on the slopes of Aeolis Mons as viewed from <i>Curiosity</i>(September 11, 2014; <a href="/facts/Color_balance/npTvImNA">white balanced</a>). <p>On December 16, 2014, NASA reported detecting, based on measurements by the <i>Curiosity</i> rover, an unusual increase, then decrease, in the amounts of <a href="/facts/Methane/kBHneYnh">methane</a> in the <a href="/facts/Atmosphere_of_Mars/DKT5TMlY">atmosphere</a> of the planet Mars; as well as, detecting Martian <a href="/facts/Organic_chemical/gqCNaN45">organic chemicals</a> in powder drilled from a <a href="/facts/List_of_rocks_on_Mars/1vXKnzkl">rock</a> by the rover. Also, based on <a href="/facts/Deuterium/Bv4wfCkw">deuterium</a> to <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a> ratio studies, much of the <a href="/facts/Water_on_Mars/uBNTfa37">water</a> at Gale Crater on Mars was found to have been lost during ancient times, before the lakebed in the crater was formed; afterwards, large amounts of water continued to be lost.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> </p><p>On June 1, 2017, NASA reported that the <i>Curiosity</i> rover provided evidence of an ancient lake in Gale crater on Mars that could have been favorable for <a href="/facts/Microorganism/pysJYcE2">microbial life</a>; the ancient lake was <a href="/facts/Lake_stratification/oDrjvDLU">stratified</a>, with shallows rich in <a href="/facts/Oxidizing_agent/1FQzB8pQ">oxidants</a> and depths poor in oxidants; and, the ancient lake provided many different types of microbe-friendly environments at the same time. NASA further reported that the <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory/GVTkPlsW"><i>Curiosity</i> rover</a> will continue to explore higher and younger layers of Mount Sharp in order to determine how the lake environment in ancient times on Mars became the drier environment in more modern times.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> </p><p>On August 5, 2017, NASA celebrated the fifth anniversary of the <i>Curiosity</i> landing, and related exploratory accomplishments, on the planet Mars.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> (Videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvODcuFb1s"><i>Curiosity</i>'s First Five Years (02:07)</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0nPFaBU98k"><i>Curiosity</i>'s POV: Five Years Driving (05:49)</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-uAz82sH-E"><i>Curiosity</i>'s Discoveries About Gale Crater (02:54)</a>) </p><p>On April 11, 2019, NASA announced that <i>Curiosity</i> had drilled into, and closely studied, a "<a href="/facts/Clay/xnwouEkB">clay-bearing unit</a>" which, according to the rover Project Manager, is a "major milestone" in <i>Curiosity</i>'s journey up Mount Sharp.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> </p> <p>In January 2023, <i>Curiosity</i> viewed and studied the "Cacao" meteorite. </p> <p>In August 2023, <i>Curiosity</i> explored the upper <a href="/facts/Gediz_Vallis_Ridge/GVTkPlsW">Gediz Vallis Ridge</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> A panoramic view of the ridge is here, and a 3D rendered view is here. </p> <h3><i>Curiosity</i> mission</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory/GVTkPlsW">Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory § Arrival at Mount Sharp</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th><i>Curiosity</i> at Mount Sharp</th></tr><tr><td>Self-portrait of <i>Curiosity</i> at the Mojave site (January 31, 2015).</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of April 13, 2025, <i>Curiosity</i> has been on the planet Mars for 4509 <a href="/facts/Martian_day/qWR8IrPp">sols</a> (4632 <a href="/facts/Day/MTAtWLDj">total days</a>) since landing on August 6, 2012. Since September 11, 2014, <i>Curiosity</i> has been <a href="https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/whereistherovernow/">exploring</a> the slopes of <a href="/facts/Aeolis_Mons/zbaRamMP">Mount Sharp</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a> where more information about the <a href="/facts/Geological_history_of_Mars/P4gYrvYf">history of Mars</a> is expected to be found.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> As of January 26, 2021, the rover has traveled over 24.15 km (15.01 mi) and climbed over 327 m (1,073 ft) in elevation<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a> to, and around, the mountain base since landing at "<a href="/facts/Bradbury_Landing/WDdpHlWP">Bradbury Landing</a>" in August 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a> </p> <i>Curiosity</i> exploring the slopes of <a href="/facts/Aeolis_Mons/zbaRamMP">Mount Sharp</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a><a href="https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/whereistherovernow/">Close-up map</a> - planned route from "Dingo Gap" to "Kimberley" (KMS-9) (<a href="https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=6015">HiRISE image</a>)(February 18, 2014/Sol 547).<a href="https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/whereistherovernow/">Traverse map</a> - <i>Curiosity</i> has traveled over 21.92 km (13.62 mi) since leaving its "<i>start</i>" point in Yellowknife Bay on July 4, 2013 (now beyond the "3-sigma safe-to-land ellipse" border) (<a href="https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/whereistherovernow/?ImageID=9836">HiRISE image</a>)(March 3, 2020/Sol 2692).<a href="https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/whereistherovernow/">Context map</a> - <i>Curiosity</i>'s trip to <a href="/facts/Aeolis_Mons/zbaRamMP">Mount Sharp</a> (<i>star</i> = landing)(August 22, 2019/Sol 2504).Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Location map - <a href="/facts/Curiosity_(rover)/mVLawAfA"><i>Curiosity</i> rover</a> at the base of <a href="/facts/Aeolis_Mons/zbaRamMP">Mount Sharp</a> - as viewed from Space (<a href="/facts/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter/7odg7YfX">MRO</a>; <a href="/facts/HiRISE/yePqnn3F">HiRISE</a>; March 3, 2020/Sol 2692). <i>Curiosity</i>'s view of "Mount Sharp" (September 20, 2012; <a href="/facts/Color_balance/npTvImNA">white balanced</a>) (<a href="https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16769.jpg">raw color</a>). <i>Curiosity</i>'s view of "Mount Sharp" (September 9, 2015). <i>Curiosity</i>'s view of <a href="/facts/Extraterrestrial_skies/Sqs728Gb">Mars sky</a> at <a href="/facts/Sunset/vQ9h1P1J">sunset</a> (February 2013; Sun simulated by artist). <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Mount Sharp - related Images</th></tr><tr><td><i>Curiosity</i> (in rectangle) in the <i>Pahrump Hills</i> of Mount Sharp – as viewed from space (<a href="/facts/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter/7odg7YfX">MRO</a>; <a href="/facts/HiRISE/yePqnn3F">HiRISE</a>; December 13, 2014).<i>Curiosity</i> rover (center bright blue) on Mount Sharp viewed from orbit (<a href="/facts/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter/7odg7YfX">MRO</a>; <a href="/facts/HiRISE/yePqnn3F">HiRISE</a>; June 5, 2017).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a> <i>Curiosity</i>'s view of the "<a href="/facts/Rocknest_(Mars)/jmpdqdCf">Rocknest</a>" area – South is center/North at both ends; "Mount Sharp" at SE horizon (somewhat left-of-center); "<a href="/facts/Glenelg,_Mars/1o8jf0lj">Glenelg</a>" at East (left-of-center); rover tracks at West (right-of-center) (November 16, 2012; <a href="/facts/Color_balance/npTvImNA">white balanced</a>) (<a href="https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16919">raw color</a>) (<a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/interactives/billionpixel/">interactives</a>). <i>Curiosity</i>'s view of "Amargosa Valley" on the slopes of "Mount Sharp" (September 11, 2014; <a href="/facts/Color_balance/npTvImNA">white balanced image</a>). <i>Curiosity</i>'s southward-looking view on the slopes of "Mount Sharp" (April 11, 2015).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a> <i>Curiosity</i>'s view near "Logan Pass" on the slopes of "Mount Sharp" (May 10, 2015; <a href="/facts/Color_balance/npTvImNA">white balanced image</a>).</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Aeolis_quadrangle/rcoMcSSn">Aeolis quadrangle#Gale Crater</a> – One of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars</li> <li><a href="/facts/Composition_of_Mars/qEYm4cE3">Composition of Mars</a> – Branch of the geology of Mars</li> <li><a href="/facts/Geology_of_Mars/rt6zWIKx">Geology of Mars</a> – Scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_craters_on_Mars/U3tGYwox">List of craters on Mars</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_mountains_on_Mars/191Mrmks">List of mountains on Mars</a> – Named mountains of Mars</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_rocks_on_Mars/1vXKnzkl">List of rocks on Mars</a> – Alphabetical list of named rocks and meteorites found on Mars</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_mountains_in_the_Solar_System/hvppaJvg">List of tallest mountains in the Solar System</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Jürgen Blunck – <i>Mars and its Satellites, A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature</i>, 2nd edition. 1982.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aeolis Mons. Look up <i>Aeolis Mons</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <ul><li><a href="http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=-5.08&lon=137.85">Google Mars scrollable map</a> – centered on Aeolis Mons.</li> <li><a href="http://www.360pano.eu/show/?id=731">Aeolis Mons – <i>Curiosity</i> Rover "StreetView" (Sol 2 – 08/08/2012) – NASA/JPL – 360° Panorama</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrxvbRA2xCI">Aeolis Mons – <i>Curiosity</i> Rover Mission Summary – Video (02:37)</a></li> <li><a href="http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_002464_1745">Aeolis Mons – HiRise</a> (South side of mountain)</li> <li><a href="http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/images/2012/details/cut/mt-sharp-oblique.jpg">Aeolis Mons – "Mount Sharp" Oblique (19,663px × 1,452px)</a></li> <li><a href="http://jmars.mars.asu.edu/maps/gale/gale.html">Aeolis Mons – Gale crater – Image/THEMIS VIS 18m/px Mosaic</a> (Zoomable) (<a href="http://themis.asu.edu/files/gale_mosaic_1000.png">small</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://hrscview.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/ion-p?ION__E1=UPDATE%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&ION__E2=control%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&image=7242_0000&image1=4+images&pos=4.915S%2C+137.328E&scale=100&viewport=800x1536&basemap_on=on&basemap=MOLAshaded&labels_on=on&hrsc_on=on&mode=mars&pansharpen=on&src_on=on&pview=North&exag=1&UPDATE=Update+view&image0=7242_0000&code=018791106">Aeolis Mons – Gale crater – image/HRSCview</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170807090039/http://hrscview.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/ion-p?ION__E1=UPDATE%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&ION__E2=control%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&image=7242_0000&image1=4+images&pos=4.915S%2C+137.328E&scale=100&viewport=800x1536&basemap_on=on&basemap=MOLAshaded&labels_on=on&hrsc_on=on&mode=mars&pansharpen=on&src_on=on&pview=North&exag=1&UPDATE=Update+view&image0=7242_0000&code=018791106">Archived</a> August 7, 2017, at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a href="http://hrscview.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/ion-p?ION__E1=UPDATE%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&ION__E2=control%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&image=7242_0000&image1=4+images&pos=5.355S%2C+137.758E&scale=50&viewport=2000x2000&basemap_on=on&basemap=MOLAelevation&hrsc_on=on&mode=height&pansharpen=on&src_on=on&persp=on&pview=East&exag=1&UPDATE=Update+view&image0=7242_0000&code=84331089">Aeolis Mons – HRSCview</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160805084224/http://hrscview.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/ion-p?ION__E1=UPDATE%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&ION__E2=control%3Aion%3A%2F%2Fhrscview2.ion&image=7242_0000&image1=4+images&pos=5.355S%2C+137.758E&scale=50&viewport=2000x2000&basemap_on=on&basemap=MOLAelevation&hrsc_on=on&mode=height&pansharpen=on&src_on=on&persp=on&pview=East&exag=1&UPDATE=Update+view&image0=7242_0000&code=84331089">Archived</a> August 5, 2016, at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (oblique view looking east)</li> <li><a href="https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16077.jpg">Aeolis Mons – 7,703px × 2,253px black & white panorama</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/08231555-curiosity-color-panorama-bouic.html">Aeolis Mons – Color Panorama by Damien Bouic</a></li> <li>Images – <a href="https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16105.jpg">PIA16105</a> <a href="https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16104.jpg">PIA16104</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/_TheSeaning/status/846082637164892163/photo/1">Color view</a></li> <li>High-resolution overflight videos: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandoran/32458025942/">#1</a>; <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandoran/31638170194/">#2</a>; <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandoran/32446821606/">#3</a>; <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandoran/43142824942/">#4</a> (based on <a href="/facts/HiRISE/yePqnn3F">HiRISE</a> data) of the lower slopes of Mt. 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