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    (1,410 ft) high, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) north of Mount Tholus on the north side of Joinville Island. It is dome-shaped when seen from...
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    Tholus (lower volcano) and Uranius Tholus (upper volcano). Ceraunius Tholus is about as high as Earth's Mount Everest. Western part of Jovis Tholus,...
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    Mars unofficially, "Mount Sharp") formerly patera formerly patera formerly patera formerly Hadriaca patera formerly Charitum Tholus formerly Nix Olympica...
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  • Thumbnail for Tholu bommalata
    Tholu bommalata is the shadow puppet theatre tradition of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India with roots dating back to 3rd century BCE. Its performers...
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    water. Interesting features on Ceraunius Tholus are three large canyons at the northwest flank of Ceraunius Tholus which are up to 2.5 km wide and 300 m...
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    bigger than any on Earth. They include Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Hecates Tholus, Olympus Mons, and Pavonis Mons. These volcanoes have been extinct for many...
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  • Ceraunius Tholus and upper volcano is Uranius Tholus as seen by Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera. Ceraunius Tholus is about as high as Earth's Mount Everest...
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    THEMIS mosaic of Uranius Tholus (upper volcano) and Ceraunius Tholus (lower volcano). The latter is about as high as Earth's Mount Everest. 2001 Mars Odyssey...
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  • material falls into voids created by the stretching. Uranius Tholus (upper) and Ceraunius Tholus (largest) volcanoes are visible in wide context view, below...
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    the Aniakchak II eruption, and the caldera has been compared to Ceraunius Tholus on Mars. Before the eruption, Aniakchak was a 2,300 meters (7,500 ft) high...
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    Corona Ciuacoatl Mons Fand Mons Fotla Corona Gula Mons Heng-o Corona Iaso Tholus Idunn Mons Irnini Mons Jaszai Patera Maat Mons Maxwell Montes Nightingale...
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    of volcanic mountains, such as the shield volcano Tsũi Goab Tholus, use the term tholus (plural: tholi). Ionian tholi are named after people associated...
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    the figures on cloth seem to have been replaced with puppetry in Indian tholu bommalata shows. These are performed behind a thin screen with flat, jointed...
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    and his two brothers, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana, performed penance on Mount Gokarna for 10,000 years and won boons from Brahma. Ravana was blessed with...
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    his commentaries on Virgil's Eclogues, mentions that Hesperus inhabited Mount Oeta in Thessaly and that there he had loved the young Hymenaeus, son of...
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    and shield volcanoes include the terms mons, mensa ('table'), planum, and tholus ('rotunda'), respectively. Named, bright albedo regions use the term regio...
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    Aegypton primo quoque sole calentem (The morning-star looked forth from Mount Casius and sent the daylight over Egypt, where even sunrise is hot) Lucan...
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  • Geology of Mars Glaciers on Mars Gravity of Mars Groundwater on Mars Hecates Tholus Hypothetical types of biochemistry – Possible alternative biochemicals used...
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    Maxwell Montes, which is about 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) high, compared to Mount Everest at 8.8 kilometers (5.5 mi). On one side of the mountain chain is...
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    islands, has had traditions of intricate, leather-based puppet arts called tholu bommalata, tholpavakoothu, and rabana chhaya, which share many elements...
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    THEMIS mosaic of Uranius Tholus (upper volcano) and Ceraunius Tholus (lower volcano). The latter is about as high as Earth's Mount Everest. 2001 Mars Odyssey...
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    cave where Padmasmabhava first entered, riding the Tiger, is known as 'Tholu Phuk' and the original cave where he resided and did meditation is known...
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    roughly 90,000 viewers at any given moment. In Los Angeles, crowds jammed Mount Hollywood where the Griffith Observatory set up telescopes for the public...
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    the tholu bommalata shadow puppet theatre dates back to the 3rd century BCE, and has attracted patronage ever since. The puppets used in a tholu bommalata...
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  • Thumbnail for Wayang
    islands, has had traditions of intricate, leather-based puppet arts called tholu bommalata, tholpavakoothu, and rabana chhaya, which share many elements...
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    holding propulsion systems was attached to the bottom of the cylinder, and mounted on top was a 2.4-metre (7.9 ft) sphere which held the lander. The instruments...
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    many volcanoes. Researchers have described glacial deposits on Hecates Tholus, Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Olympus Mons. Glaciers have also been reported...
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  • bigger than any on Earth. They include Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Hecates Tholus, Olympus Mons, and Pavonis Mons. These volcanoes have been extinct for many...
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    the Muses"[citation needed] Aonia Mons, Aonia Planum, Aonia Terra, Aonia Tholus Aponi Fons /ˈæpənaɪ ˈfɒnz/ Roman name for the Bagni d'Abano, warm-water...
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    sand and used for stability. The east side of the fort faced the river. Mounted guns were brought in from the ship. A gateway was assembled and within...
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