Olympus Mons Caldera

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons. Scarps and extensional features (graben) record multiple stages of caldera collapse at the summit of Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system, reaching heights over 40 km (25 miles) tall from base to summit, with the base covering an area as large as the state of Arizona. For comparison, Mauna Loa is 9 km (5.5 miles) tall measured from its base on the sea floor.

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Context

Image ID: 
V87666003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
18.7403
226.733
87666
2021-09-18 17:27
Fri, 2022-04-08
VIS
512 pixels (17 km)
1824 pixels (62 km)
0.034348 km/pixel
0.0346675 km/pixel

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