Pavonis Mons - Use in Popular Culture

Use in Popular Culture

  • Pavonis Mons provides the putative setting for the song "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" by The Flaming Lips, released as part of the albumYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
  • Pavonis Mons is the site of the city of Sheffield in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy of novels. Sheffield stands at the base of Mars's space elevator.

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