NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.

On a morning horizon in May, the Odyssey orbiter caught a stunning glimpse of one of the planet's largest volcanoes peeking above a canopy of clouds. Known as Arsia Mons, the volcano dwarfs Earth’s ...

A giant revealed above the clouds. NASA’s long-running Mars Odyssey orbiter, which has been studying the Red Planet since 2001, recently captured a spectacular image of Arsia Mons, a colossal ...

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 ...

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 ...

This includes Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system. Arsia Mons itself measures 435km (270 miles) in diameter and rises more than 9km (5.5 miles) above the surrounding plains.

Welcome to Arsia Mons. The Martian volcano Arsia Mons looms nearly 6 miles above the surrounding landscape, but its peak lies off-camera in this image from the European Space Agency’s Mars ...

A high-resolution camera system aboard the Mars Express Orbiter has returned stunning images of “snaking” gashes across the foot of Arsia Mons, one of the red planet’s massive volcanoes ...

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 ...

Arsia Mons is the southernmost of the three volcanoes that make up Tharsis Montes, shown in the center of this cropped topographic map of Mars. Olympus Mons, the solar system’s largest volcano, is at ...