text: Most people believed this, but not everyone. they figured the coordinents 41 degrees north martian latitude. In April of 1998 it was winter at the time, which is the time of year Mars becomes cloudy. This means the camera on board had to look through wispy clouds, which could hide some of the evidence. Finally on April 8, 2001 they got a clearer view for another picture. They find out that the picture is equivalent to a butte or messa. Garvin sasy it reminds him of the MIddle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He says that the lava dome is about the height as the face of mars.