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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Olympus Mons: Largest Volcano in the Solar System
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| 4 Apr, 2023
| Image Credit: ESA, DLR, FU Berlin, Mars Express; Processing & CC BY 2.0 License: Andrea Luck
Posted on 04/04/2023 1:48:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The largest volcano in our Solar System is on Mars. Although three times higher than Earth's Mount Everest, Olympus Mons will not be difficult for humans to climb because of the volcano's shallow slopes and Mars' low gravity. Covering an area greater than the entire Hawaiian volcano chain, the slopes of Olympus Mons typically rise only a few degrees at a time. Olympus Mons is an immense shield volcano, built long ago by fluid lava. A relatively static surface crust allowed it to build up over time. Its last eruption is thought to have been about 25 million years ago. The featured image was taken by the European Space Agency's robotic Mars Express spacecraft currently orbiting the Red Planet.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa; olympusmons
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posted on
04/04/2023 1:49:34 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
04/04/2023 1:50:10 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Olympus Mons will not be difficult for humans to climb because of the volcano's shallow slopes and Mars' low gravity. Don't real mountain climbers consider using supplemental oxygen to be cheating? It will be a much harder climb without oxygen.
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posted on
04/04/2023 2:14:17 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago )
To: KarlInOhio
Maybe. I never climbed with supplemental oxygen. Not on Cerro Aconcogua or Cho oyu.
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posted on
04/04/2023 2:26:24 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
The size comparison to the Hawaiian Islands doesn’t do Olympus Mons justice. Its approximately the size of France.
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posted on
04/04/2023 3:18:37 PM PDT
by
OriginalChristian
(The end of the American Republic as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
To: OriginalChristian
Self-correction, its more closely akin to the size of Poland.
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posted on
04/04/2023 3:36:11 PM PDT
by
OriginalChristian
(The end of the American Republic as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
To: MtnClimber
Olmpic Mons is almost as big as France!
To: MtnClimber
That would be largest known/discovered volcano in the solar system.
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posted on
04/04/2023 5:24:42 PM PDT
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: GaltAdonis
I have climbed many volcanos, none like this!
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posted on
04/04/2023 6:17:20 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
"...I have climbed many volcanos, none like this! ..." .
Any like this? (Mt Thielson in Oregon)
To: GaltAdonis
Here is my list of volcanos if I remember them all:
Ixtachuhatl (Mexico)
Popocatepetl (Mexico)
Orizaba (Mexico)
Cayambe (Ecuador)
Cotopaxi (Ecuador)
Chimborazo (Ecuador)
Mt Hood (Oregon)
Mt Ranier (Washingtom)
Fuji (Japan)
Gede (Indonesia)
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posted on
04/04/2023 6:49:19 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Nice!
Keep up the good work!
To: MtnClimber
Largest Volcano in the Solar System.......that we know of.
Largest Volcano in the Solar System.......at this time.
Largest Volcano in the Solar System......that we have pictures of......................
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posted on
04/05/2023 5:08:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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