These images from ESA’s Mars Express show the western flank of the shield volcano Olympus Mons in the Tharsis region of the western Martian hemisphere. These images were taken by the High Resolution ...

A spacecraft has delivered fantastic images of Mars, showcasing textured terrain and a lone crater near the planet’s most famous landmark. Olympus Mons is the Solar System’s largest volcano. It’s so ...

Upon glancing at this image. what do you think it is? If you guessed it is an image of the desert or a sandstorm, you would be wrong. This isn’t even a representation of anything worldly, but ...

Lava flows on Olympus Mons volcano probably melted ice in the ground, making the volcano flank unstable. Rockfalls and landslides moved hundreds of kilometres into the surrounding landscape, forming a ...

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show the eastern scarp of the Olympus Mons volcano on Mars. The HRSC obtained these images ...

HiRISE is not able to capture the entire caldera at the summit of Olympus Mons, so we try to get as many images as possible to create a potential mosaic. This image shows the northeastern rim of the ...

Scientists have succeeded in creating a model simulating the formation of mysterious structures on the surface of the Mars volcano, Olympus Mons. The research project is based on image data of the ...

Olympus Mons, the highest known peak in the solar system, dominates the Martian landscape, adding to the planet's mystique. Recent geological data reveals that it had a fascinating history as a ...

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In its latest postcard from Mars, the European Space Agency's Mars Express returns to Acheron Fossae: a dramatic network of chasms carved into the surface of the red planet. Studies of gravity ...

Olympus Mons has an average elevation of 22 km and the caldera has a depth of about 3 km. This is the first high-resolution colour image of the complete caldera of Olympus Mons. The image was taken ...