The real Olympus Mons on Mars Where the Buggalo Roam

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Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System rises 21 kilometers high and measures 600 km across.  By comparison Earths largest volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii rises 9 km high and measures 120 km across.

The link below will show you a great color shot taken by Mariner 9 of the massive Olympus Mons. (1971-1972)
 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970915.html

Or here, Directly above the summit crater  from the orbiting Mars Express! (May 2004)
 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040526.html

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Nice.

Um, owing to bandwith concerns, and other Internet issues I'm not up-to-speed on, you might want to put these all in the same thread. Also, the mod's tend to take a dim view of 'spammy' threads.

Got any shots of Cydonia?   

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Oh' Thanks SpaseCase. Thats good to know!
 

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Actually you might even take it to the general thread of things that remind you to Futurama.

The reasons stay the same