A Martian volcano breaks through the clouds in a spectacular image captured by the Odyssey orbiter. This unprecedented view reveals Arsia Mons, one of Mars' largest volcanoes, emerging from a sea ...

Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, which ...

Because of its cloud cover, Arsia Mons has been hard to photograph. This new image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter gives a first-of-its kind view at the peak of the volcano.

Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, which ...

Panoramic image of Arsia Mons captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May 2, 2025. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Odyssey took the photo using THEMIS, its Thermal Emission Imaging System.

NASA’s venerable 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has delivered a stunning new panorama of the Red Planet, revealing the colossal Arsia Mons volcano majestically peeking above a canopy of morning clouds.

Olympus Mons is some 3.5 billion years old, which means the volcano formed early on in Mars’ history. Astronomers suspect Olympus Mons could have stayed volcanically active for hundreds of ...

All in all, Olympus Mons is about 100 times bigger than the biggest volcano on Earth. There are actually a bunch of massive volcanoes on Mars.