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The Tharsis region on Mars is a vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in Mars’ western hemisphere. The region is home to the largest volcanoes in the Solar System, including the three enormous shield volcanoes Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons, which are collectively known as the Tharsis Montes. The tallest volcano on the planet, Olympus Mons, is often associated with the Tharsis region but is actually located off the western edge of the plateau. The name Tharsis is the Greco-Latin transliteration of the biblical Tarshish, the land at western extremity of the known world.
The Tharsis region can have several meanings depending on historical and scientific context. The name is commonly used in a broad sense to represent a continent-sized region of anomalously elevated terrain centered just south of the equator around longitude 265°E. Called the Tharsis bulge or Tharsis rise, this broad, elevated region dominates the western hemisphere of Mars and is the largest topographic feature on the planet, after the global dichotomy.
Within every journey lies discovery and spiritual growth; yet, there is so much we will never understand or come to discover for that matter. All the same, we go through our pains and gains as we can only grow with the hardship of “blood, sweat, and tears.”
But we all know it’s damn hard to stand tall, and sometimes we fall down. And think that can’t get up.
Is this the right way to do it?
Leading me to nothing
Leaving me with nothing else
That could make this life worthwhile
Face to face with the world
You say there’s still so much to learn
I’ll carry on, but I don’t know...
So, where should I go now?
You keep on telling me
I don’t know what is freedom
It’s something that I have never felt
I have to ask you
What’s your intention?