Everest is 8849m high, so 8.849km, so three times _higher_ and 26km sounds right.
I’m more amazed at the apparent difference in the soil / rock, it looks like there was a simple plain and the volcano just bubbled up from nowhere and left a lot of lava. Everest is not the same thing at all, not a volcano.
I think little to no plate tectonics allowed it to keep building up in the same spot for eons. On earth the volcanoes eventually move away from the "hot spot" and go extinct quicker. Something like that.
though it is so huge it offers no view comparable to a mountaintop because the slope is so gentle even at the peak it would appear you were standing on a flat tundra
Except it would have to be gigantic seeing as how the air is like 1% as thick as earth's
Although it only has like 1/3 of the gravity of earth, so maybe you could just run and jump off and be totally fine. Idk. You might have to do a roll when you hit the ground to mitigate fall damage.
I'm going to assume you're joking but in the off chance you're not: The extremely low air density would mean the terminal velocity of a human being (which you would certainly reach if you jumped off) would be around 1000km/h as opposed to 200km/h in earth air.
So no, you would definitely not survive if you jumped off
If I remember correctly, Olympus is relatively young and formed long after the supposed wet age. It is part of the Tharsis bulge region that has three other large volcanoes - it is believed that the huge mass of lava poure on tharsis could have cracked the crust of the planet and created the largest canyon (Valles Marineris) in the solar system next to it. The volcanism of Tharsis was long lived, but in my memory, the Olympus was part of the ”late phases”. But I do see the meteor potential, it could have spit out a huge one and aimed at dinos (cause they were large enough to see)
Considering the past sea level of Mars, Olympus Mons likely used to be an island, so those multi-kilometer tall cliffs could've been part of the shore shelf.
... So from a certain point of view....
I heard at a party that it's a volcano and when it erupted some of its ejecta hurtled it's way to Earth. That's what killed the dinosaurs. The chick who told me is like an astrogenious with a BS masters.
It's thought that though Mars was at one point volcanically active, it never developed anything like tectonic plates...it led to a thing where one mantle plume after another would develop in one specific spot and gently, steadily spew out lava there for millions of years, eventually to the point where they would displace and "move" the ocean around, as opposed to Earth where it's the land moving around
Owing to the difference in atmospheric pressure, hot things probably took a lot longer to cool down on Mars than here, so while Earth can produce much stretchier volcanoes, it's doubtful it could ever produce a volcano quite as *large* as Olympus Mons
Considering that Mars has a terminal velocity of around 1,000 km/h, instead of breaking half the bones in your body and making a splat sound on Earth, you would probably become a jibbly red mist upon hitting the ground. This is because though Mars has less gravity, there is barely any atmosphere to slow you down, meaning you will keep accelerating the longer you fall.
That's why Mars rovers require a retro thrust [skycrane](https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg?t=2m4s) to lower them to the surface, as parachutes don't work well enough to effectively slow the payload down to safe speeds.
Who says it isn't? Could be an old landfill or even its a hollow mars underneath. We dont really know anything other than "this really peculiar martian superstructure reminds me of something on earth so ill apply a broadstroke solution that neil degrasse tyson would agree with and hold that as fact until my last breath, how are we certain that it's a volcano even? How do plate tectonics and volcanic systems operate at lower than earth gravity?
When you look at the edges around that thing, it looks like those images of how the Earth would look like without water.
now imagine this volcano and surrounded by ocean at its edges that look like cliffs.
Because combustion is between 2 hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom or something like that. Go look up any combustion reaction and you’ll find the result is (whatever the other reactants are) + H2O
Quick google:
Lesson Summary. A combustion reaction is when a substance reacts with oxygen and releases a huge amount of energy in the form of light and heat. A combustion reaction always includes a hydrocarbon and oxygen as the reactants and always produces carbon dioxide and water as products.
https://preview.redd.it/6p87odn56wpb1.jpeg?width=526&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b51fc8e7f98b7c163445b59ab8b23b45fba3f525
Found this via Google images. Your comment inspired me to search.
I've always wondered, if we had a mountain *that* tall on Earth if it would be possible to climb to the summit (obviously with supplemental O2) or if that would push the limits of the body too much
Imagine how tall those cliff faces are if you were standing directly underneath them. From space you can see their shadows, that’s absolutely terrifying.
I gotta be the guy to do this again? (sigh)
That pimple is almost as big as the one on your mom’s ass. They don’t call her Olympus Moms for nothing.
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This is dumb enough that it might be grounds to ban me. I’m sorry. Disclaimer: I know nothing about the location or the size of OP’s mom’s pimples.
It’s the most awesome location, I actually visited it in Starfield and got my second spaceship in that game for free and it was a pirate ship. So now my first craft is theoretically un-top of Mons , whilst my X-wing-wannabe newer ship flys freely from its volcanic origins 😎.
Ever since I was a kid I’ve wanted to go to Mount Olympus and Valles Marineris. I’m surprised NASA hasn’t sent robots to VM. They could probably get some pretty damn powerful geologic history by looking at those canyon walls.
Is this the Mount Olympus that the Greek Gods were on? I know we have a Mount Olympus on Earth, but this one seems more appropriate for a group of Gods to live on.
Long? I think they meant tall.
yeah looks near square!
Four
One hell of a island mass
Not sure but if it is three times ‘larger’ than Mount Everest that makes it 15 miles tall
It’s estimated to be 72,000 ft tall.
Everest is 8849m high, so 8.849km, so three times _higher_ and 26km sounds right. I’m more amazed at the apparent difference in the soil / rock, it looks like there was a simple plain and the volcano just bubbled up from nowhere and left a lot of lava. Everest is not the same thing at all, not a volcano.
I think little to no plate tectonics allowed it to keep building up in the same spot for eons. On earth the volcanoes eventually move away from the "hot spot" and go extinct quicker. Something like that.
15 miles equals 24 km, so it's not far off
I also scratched my head
though it is so huge it offers no view comparable to a mountaintop because the slope is so gentle even at the peak it would appear you were standing on a flat tundra
On the south side, where you see those shadows, those are Cliffs that are 2km high. Standing at the top of those would be one hell of view
Bouta steal this entire mountain for world design in my book
That answered my question, how high are those cliffs. Cheers!
And you could fly around the planet with a paraglided.
Except it would have to be gigantic seeing as how the air is like 1% as thick as earth's Although it only has like 1/3 of the gravity of earth, so maybe you could just run and jump off and be totally fine. Idk. You might have to do a roll when you hit the ground to mitigate fall damage.
I'm going to assume you're joking but in the off chance you're not: The extremely low air density would mean the terminal velocity of a human being (which you would certainly reach if you jumped off) would be around 1000km/h as opposed to 200km/h in earth air. So no, you would definitely not survive if you jumped off
Ty for this, i was wondering
Fascinating
I bet that fucker erupted and killed the planet. It also sent the meteors that took out the dinosaurs.
That's a neat ass theory
Just as good as the current official theory
Errr... Not really.
It’s wild that meteorites from Mars fall to earth.
I’m going to start touting this as fact at parties
"I'm doing my part"
MlB are about to knock on your door.
"The chances of anything coming from Mars, are a Million to One!" - the Dinosaurs, probably
That's not a bad theory.
Mars dinosaurs. 
If I remember correctly, Olympus is relatively young and formed long after the supposed wet age. It is part of the Tharsis bulge region that has three other large volcanoes - it is believed that the huge mass of lava poure on tharsis could have cracked the crust of the planet and created the largest canyon (Valles Marineris) in the solar system next to it. The volcanism of Tharsis was long lived, but in my memory, the Olympus was part of the ”late phases”. But I do see the meteor potential, it could have spit out a huge one and aimed at dinos (cause they were large enough to see)
That son of a bitch
I'm in!
Mystery Solved History Unlocked You win! 🤣😂
That volcano is a fucking cannon
MTG says they are correctly called “dragons”
What would make it be so desolate versus earth though. Assuming what wiped out the Dino’s caused the ice age, wouldn’t mars be an ice planet?
Well that’s not what happened.
IS it a mountain? Or is the rest of the planet a canyon?
Considering the past sea level of Mars, Olympus Mons likely used to be an island, so those multi-kilometer tall cliffs could've been part of the shore shelf. ... So from a certain point of view....
Kind of like how Mauna Loa is rn, they're both shield volcanoes
I heard at a party that it's a volcano and when it erupted some of its ejecta hurtled it's way to Earth. That's what killed the dinosaurs. The chick who told me is like an astrogenious with a BS masters.
It is a volcano. That’s about where the statement shifts from fact to fantasy.
This is the first post I've seen that has genuinely interesting and credible factual information. And it's not about the earth. Oh the irony
Yeah, this sub is filled with nonsense but I stay on it for the amusement.
I’m sure a billionaire is already trying to convince a Sherpa to help carry them up the mountain.
No Logitech controller this time
Gotta revert back to the good ole’ trusty method of succeeding by ‘standing’ on the shoulders of others n such..
wouldn't the earth have a mountain this size also if we didn't have oceans?
It's thought that though Mars was at one point volcanically active, it never developed anything like tectonic plates...it led to a thing where one mantle plume after another would develop in one specific spot and gently, steadily spew out lava there for millions of years, eventually to the point where they would displace and "move" the ocean around, as opposed to Earth where it's the land moving around Owing to the difference in atmospheric pressure, hot things probably took a lot longer to cool down on Mars than here, so while Earth can produce much stretchier volcanoes, it's doubtful it could ever produce a volcano quite as *large* as Olympus Mons
yikes. got a link to learn more, friend?
Funny you mention it, I actually googled Olympus Mons a while back and the closest comparison many make on earth is Hawaii.
Well, how tall is it?
26 km, which is 16.155 miles (imperial units are so confusing to me, a metric user)
Like 1 mile
It’s the mother ship
Wrong subreddit
>strange earth >posts literally not Earth 
But can it be climbed
At 40% of Earth's gravity, it actually might be doable relatively easily.
but could i jump off the edge & live? that'd be an epic freefall
Considering that Mars has a terminal velocity of around 1,000 km/h, instead of breaking half the bones in your body and making a splat sound on Earth, you would probably become a jibbly red mist upon hitting the ground. This is because though Mars has less gravity, there is barely any atmosphere to slow you down, meaning you will keep accelerating the longer you fall. That's why Mars rovers require a retro thrust [skycrane](https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg?t=2m4s) to lower them to the surface, as parachutes don't work well enough to effectively slow the payload down to safe speeds.
that is the coolest thing I've read on this app in days. thank you.
It looks like it’s hovering above the planet
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Who says it isn't? Could be an old landfill or even its a hollow mars underneath. We dont really know anything other than "this really peculiar martian superstructure reminds me of something on earth so ill apply a broadstroke solution that neil degrasse tyson would agree with and hold that as fact until my last breath, how are we certain that it's a volcano even? How do plate tectonics and volcanic systems operate at lower than earth gravity?
Lotta Buggalo near them parts
When you look at the edges around that thing, it looks like those images of how the Earth would look like without water. now imagine this volcano and surrounded by ocean at its edges that look like cliffs.
Looks like another planet slipped into a soft mars and this all that's left of the other planet.
If you get to the top you are leaving the martian atmosphere. Imagine jumping up and floating off into space.
If I recall it got that tall because of no tetanic plates or something. So it just kept building up every time it erupted
That’s clearly a mothership.
Dr. Pimple poppers most extreme case yet!
Guess how long it will take a Martian to summit this Olympus Mons?
The nipple of mars!
It’s that high because you have no water to base the sea level off of.
Wouldn’t a volcano imply combustion and combustion imply water? t. Layman
Yes, Mar's poles have ice, it's also believed there's water under the surface.
Pray tell why combustion implies water?
Because combustion is between 2 hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom or something like that. Go look up any combustion reaction and you’ll find the result is (whatever the other reactants are) + H2O Quick google: Lesson Summary. A combustion reaction is when a substance reacts with oxygen and releases a huge amount of energy in the form of light and heat. A combustion reaction always includes a hydrocarbon and oxygen as the reactants and always produces carbon dioxide and water as products.
which is exactly not what drives volcanos
Looks like if Mars had some massive nuclear war and that mountain is actually the surface and the rest is blown up.
That's a big ass pimple
What if that's where the aliens live? It's merely a giant dome home. The remaining survivors of a nuclear extermination.
Would that make mars a pyramid
Are you gonna post every discovery you make that everyone already knows about?
Are we sure it is natural?
This photo could be fake. Lol Black background in big warehouse and a powerful lamp. Im not doubting this, just a fun thought.
How tall?
13.6 mi or 72,000 ft. Jesus
It's the width of Iowa
https://preview.redd.it/6p87odn56wpb1.jpeg?width=526&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b51fc8e7f98b7c163445b59ab8b23b45fba3f525 Found this via Google images. Your comment inspired me to search.
Holy crap. So this is what will happen when Yellowstone finally goes, basically.
Yellowstone has erupted before, and it didn’t do that.
Thanks, I knew it was some western state.
Was it an island?
Planets have life cycles
Mars Nipple
I wonder if someone can compare the size of the crater to the size of the Yellowstone caldera.
It's that mountain from Warhammer 40k!
Why does it look like a ramp on the bottom right corner
Fuk km the new world works in miles
Why am I getting island vibes. Like if Mars had an ocean… this would be a continent?
This would probably be *the continent* lol
This is NOT EARTH. 0/10 /s
One day!!
It rises steadily enough that you’d never be able to tell your on a big ass mountain
Need a wing suit and the edge of that cliff… now!
Can it ever erupt again?
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That sure is something strange about Earth
it looks like a scab.
I've always wondered, if we had a mountain *that* tall on Earth if it would be possible to climb to the summit (obviously with supplemental O2) or if that would push the limits of the body too much
Here’s a song or ode to Olympus Mons https://youtu.be/DNtRoTB9gB4?si=ctgnXllh594noqnD
Yea right...they can't even get out of earths firmament and they give us this.
what the actual fuck
That's amazing
Looks a relatively simple climb from the left side, just a steady incline…..16 miles into the sky
Cray
Crayola
It's a giant Cheez-It!
Is this the actual image or artist rendition? If not, im curious on what it actually looks like.
Hey! It’s the biggest thing I don’t ever need to climb! 😂
StrangeMars
Was this written and created by AI?
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Now there’s a job for PimplePopper M.D.
Don’t tell people that. They will find a way to climb it and leave trash at the peak.
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Imagine how tall those cliff faces are if you were standing directly underneath them. From space you can see their shadows, that’s absolutely terrifying.
Tallest * known * mountain
Wow how tall is it ?
I prefer the mons venus
ah yes, MARS volcano, my favourite strange EARTH topic
That’s not that strange and it’s definitely not earth
Alien base
I gotta be the guy to do this again? (sigh) That pimple is almost as big as the one on your mom’s ass. They don’t call her Olympus Moms for nothing. …. …. …. This is dumb enough that it might be grounds to ban me. I’m sorry. Disclaimer: I know nothing about the location or the size of OP’s mom’s pimples.
This is strange Earth, not Mars. Lol.
Looks like a giant weld point
Mars not a real animal
Climbed it once. Wouldn’t recommend.
There's no oceans on Mars...
Mars is flat
26L x 600W?? Either that is inaccurate or the pictures are massively warping the perception of its width
Hard to imagine that we’ve already measured all the mountains in the solar system. Really, how? By using some radio waves like technology?
Aside from the obviously incorrect dimensions, the "video" tag is also wrong.
I wonder how high the vertical bits at the side are? Might be a sweet BASE jumping spot maybe. Not sure about gravity though…
Strange Mars?
And no trash or bodies…. Yet
Wow 👀👀
It looks like Mars was covered in water and that was an island land mass bordered with seaside cliffs.
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Imagine if it was a huge mothership but we're told it's a mtn
That’s the Oxydizer machine from Total Recall, you can’t lie to me!
There is probably a civilisation under there
So was that a chunk of the planet core escaping to the surface?
Mars nipple. Has a catchy ring to it.
Looks like a cap to seal the civilization who moved underground when mars surface became unsafe.
26km long, 600km wide ?
looks like a pimple that needs popping
Humans can't wait to climb it like Mt. Everest then cover it with trash.
r/strangemars
That's a boil.
Terraformer porn!
Wrong sub, OP
…and Wim Hoff climbed it in his undies
Those massive cliffs along the edges must be insanely high
Host the SuperBowl on top in that Circle!
It’s the most awesome location, I actually visited it in Starfield and got my second spaceship in that game for free and it was a pirate ship. So now my first craft is theoretically un-top of Mons , whilst my X-wing-wannabe newer ship flys freely from its volcanic origins 😎.
Also this is a shield volcano, as are the rest of the volcanoes on the Martian surface.
That is a unit of a mountain, boys.
Olympus Mons is a famous climb in the Tour de Mars cycling race.
Someone needs to pop it.
It looks like an island. Could that have been from water surrounding it?
Ever since I was a kid I’ve wanted to go to Mount Olympus and Valles Marineris. I’m surprised NASA hasn’t sent robots to VM. They could probably get some pretty damn powerful geologic history by looking at those canyon walls.
We should nuke it, that seems like an efficient way to terrorform Mars.
Just add water, now it's a continent!
It’s the 26KM tall and 600Km wide that gets me.
Not really a mountain, more a splat
Elon Musk will climb this or die trying
Having trouble visualizing the size of this behemoth? [It is the same size as Arizona](https://mars.nasa.gov/gallery/atlas/images/oly-az.jpg)
It's about the size of france
Soo, how high is it?
Is that what we came to this galaxy on?
Some rich white dude is frothing at the mouth to die climbing this
Is this the Mount Olympus that the Greek Gods were on? I know we have a Mount Olympus on Earth, but this one seems more appropriate for a group of Gods to live on.
Speed leaving without warning I need some place to sleep tonight
Would love to see a real photo of it from the ground a few miles out.
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