Olympus Mons and surroundings, Mars, illustration
Olympus Mons and surroundings, Mars, illustration based on radar data from the Mars Global Surveyor. Olympus Mons (upper frame) is a shield volcano and the largest mountain in the solar system. It is 600 kilometres across and rises to a height of 24 kilometres. Mars is a cold desert world with a thin atmosphere that only slowly erodes its impact craters ., Photo by DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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