Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Olympus Mons


Olympus Mons is located in Mars. It is the biggest valcano and mountain knowen in our Solor System. It is estimated to be the size of Arizona, USA and a little under three times as tall as Mount Everest. Olympus Mons was formed way back in the 19th century.

Olympus Mons is knowen to be a shield valcano. Which means there is high fluid lava coming out of the valcano for long periods of times. It is similiar to the valcaneos in Hawaii. In size, the Olympus Mons is more wider than taller. The size of the valcano is very big because Mars doesn't have tectonic plates like Earth does. Also, the Olympus Mons was visable from Earth to the 19th century viewers but it is sadly not anymore.

Olympus Mons still continues to be the largest valcano and moutain in our solor system. Astroglers predict that there may be more valcanioc activty yet to happen. They still are gathering more information about this amazing creation.

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