HUBBLE ATLAS

Illustrations

Olympus Mons (artist's impression)

January 16, 2012 · ESA/Hubble

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Flying over Olympus Mons on Mars, the largest of the volcanoes in the Tharsis region, as well as all known volcanoes in the solar system. Olympus Mons is a shield volcano 624 km in diameter, 25 km high. At the end of the movie the three buildings represent hypothetical future Martian observatories.