Association for Astronomy - Macquarie University - MARS FACT #2: Olympus Mons, a huge shield volcano on the surface of Mars Is the BIGGEST volcano in the Solar System, and as the
![Illustration looking down on Olympus Mons shield volcano on Mars planet. — galaxy, science - Stock Photo | #230182504 Illustration looking down on Olympus Mons shield volcano on Mars planet. — galaxy, science - Stock Photo | #230182504](https://st.focusedcollection.com/13422768/i/1800/focused_230182504-stock-photo-illustration-looking-olympus-mons-shield.jpg)
Illustration looking down on Olympus Mons shield volcano on Mars planet. — galaxy, science - Stock Photo | #230182504
![The largest volcano in the solar system, Mars' Olympus Mons, is more than twice as tall as Mount Everest. | Interesting Facts The largest volcano in the solar system, Mars' Olympus Mons, is more than twice as tall as Mount Everest. | Interesting Facts](https://img.interestingfacts.com/interestingfacts/fact/ifacts-fact-387d0337-01eb-48a8-9635-93a46973829a.jpeg)
The largest volcano in the solar system, Mars' Olympus Mons, is more than twice as tall as Mount Everest. | Interesting Facts
![Mars' Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the solar system, has such a gradual slope that someone standing at the base couldn't see the summit because it's beyond the horizon. : Mars' Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the solar system, has such a gradual slope that someone standing at the base couldn't see the summit because it's beyond the horizon. :](https://i.redd.it/g4y9ejw33j431.jpg)