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.

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.

Known as Arsia Mons, the volcano dwarfs Earth’s tallest volcanoes. Odyssey snapped photos of the volcano in May, which NASA released in June in a blog post. Start the day smarter.

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 ...

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 volcano stretching 20 kilometres into ...

Olympus Mons reaches an astonishing height of 16 miles (26 kilometers) - three times as tall as Mount Everest. And it may tell us quite a bit about its home, Mars.

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

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.

The volcano sits on the eastern edge of a broad regional topographic rise called Tharsis, home to three other well-known giant volcanoes: Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons. Although more ...

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 ...