NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.

Mars orbiter that launched from Florida captures 1st-ever pic of volcano above clouds Known as Arsia Mons, the volcano on Mars dwarfs Earth’s tallest volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

For comparison, Earth’s tallest volcano, Mauna Loa, stands 6 miles (9 km) above the seafloor and measures 75 miles (121 km) in diameter.

The topography of the Tharsis region. Arsia Mons is the bottommost volcano; Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain in the Solar System, is at the top left. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) ...

Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, an extinct volcano three times as tall as Mount Everest. There are several other examples of volcanoes and volcanic features ...

In the next decade, it’s likely that we’ll see humans on Mars, with both NASA and SpaceX planning crewed missions to the Red ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.