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Paul Byrne
theplanetaryguy.com
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This is a newly processed view of the largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons.
It's 21 km tall. It's as wide as Arizona. Metropolitan LA fits inside its summit caldera. Its basal cliff is 7 km high.
And it started to grow ~3.5 billion years ago but has lavas only 2 million years old.
2026-05-24T19:04:49.874Z