Olympus Mons Summit

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows the upper elevations of Olympus Mons, including part of the summit caldera. 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: 
V96401003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
17.5548
227.21
96401
2023-09-07 23:06
Thu, 2024-03-14
VIS
256 pixels (17 km)
3792 pixels (258 km)
0.068137 km/pixel
0.0689502 km/pixel

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