I completed a video flyover of the the snow covered volcanoes in the north polar region using the Mars Express perspective photo that was released back in February. The video is on the front page of my site below. It's not true 3D but I like to think it's a reasonable facsimile

Cheers,
Aldo.

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A word of caution: No one actually in the business thinks those are volcanos except the MEX guys, and we're not completely sure about them.

You keep saying "nobody in the business" believes in some features revealed by these new Mars missions without giving names of specific scientists expressing these views.
The same with the methane data. I can understand if these scientists you're referring to are taking a minority view and don't want to speak on the record but you refer to this as the majority view. If this is the majority view, who are these scientists who doubt that the recent methane measurements from both orbiter and ground-based observations actually show methane?
In regard to these volcanos, there is doubt that they are currently active but some *highly* regarded Mars researchers have published peer-reviewed papers that there are volcanos in the northern polar regions that were recently active, in geological terms.
One is Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars and lunar exploration programs:

Note: Topographic evidence for geologically recent near-polar volcanism on Mars.
Icarus, Vol. 145, p. 648-652 (2000)
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bi...car..145..648G


Link for the Mars Express images:

Glacial, volcanic and fluvial activity on Mars: latest images
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Exp...F6D3M5E_0.html



Bob Clark