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August 7, 2012 05:54 pm PDT
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Martian Mt. Sharp vs. Mt. McKinley
Philip Bump put together this great comparison of Earth's Mt. McKinley and Mars' Mt. Sharp (as photographed by the Curiosity rover). Officially, it's Aeolis Mons, and it stands 18,000 feet above the crater floor. Here's how that compares to Mount McKinley, America's tallest peak at 20,320 feet. The sea levels / floor levels are roughly [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vOyUjSc0b98/martian-mt-sharp-vs-mt-mcki.html
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