Mars monolith

Short description: Rectangular boulder discovered on the surface of Mars

The Mars monolith as seen from orbit

The Mars monolith is a rectangular object (possibly a boulder) discovered on the surface of Mars.[1][2] The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took pictures of it from orbit, roughly 180 miles (300 km) away.[1] The HiRISE camera that was used to photograph the monolith has a resolution of approximately 1 foot or 30 centimeters per pixel.[3]

Around the same time, the Phobos monolith made international news.[4]

## See also

* List of rocks on Mars
* Mineralogy of Mars
* Phobos monolith, boulder on Martian moon

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wolchover, Natalie (2012-04-12). "Mars 'monolith' isn't the work of Martians". NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47024373.
2. ↑ Ludka, Alexandra (2012-04-13). "NASA Reevaluates Mars Program After Budget Cuts" (in en). ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/04/nasa-reevaluates-mars-program-after-budget-cuts.
3. ↑ Natalie Wolchover (April 11, 2012). "'Monolith' Object on Mars? You Could Call It That". Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/19636-monolith-mars-2001-space-odyssey.html.
4. ↑ Barras, Colin (2016-09-24). "There is a huge 'monolith' on Phobos, one of Mars's moons". BBC News. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160923-there-is-a-huge-monolith-on-phobos-one-of-marss-moons.

## External links

* Boulders and Layers in Canyon - NASA
* HRSC - ESA (overview of HiRISE image region by Mars Express)
* HiRISE image of area

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Geography|

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* Artificial objects on Mars
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