Olympus Mons

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image is located on the western flank of Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system, reaching heights over 25 km (16 miles) tall from base to summit, with the base covering an area as large as the state of Arizona. For comparison, Mauna Kea is 10.2 km (6.3 miles) tall measured from its base on the sea floor.

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Context

Latitude: 17.3738

Longitude: 225.33

Orbit Number: 97025

Captured: 2023-10-29 08:12

Posted to Web: Wed, 2024-04-17

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (262 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.069211 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0698823 km/pixel

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