Olympus Mons Flank

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image is located on the eastern 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 Loa is 9 km (5.5 miles) tall measured from its base on the sea floor.

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Context

Latitude: 16.8503

Longitude: 229.725

Orbit Number: 96351

Captured: 2023-09-03 20:17

Posted to Web: Wed, 2024-03-13

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (267 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.070456 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0713791 km/pixel

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