Olympus Mons

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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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 Kea is 10.2 km (6.3 miles) tall measured from its base on the sea floor.

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Context

Latitude: 19.191

Longitude: 227.478

Orbit Number: 105211

Captured: 2025-09-02 08:40

Posted to Web: Wed, 2026-06-10

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (261 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.068864 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0695729 km/pixel

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