Massive landslides spotted on solar system's largest volcano

Massive landslides spotted on solar system's largest volcano

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Astronomers have revealed dramatic new images of the largest volcano in the solar system. They show a crumpled feature at the base of Mars' Olympus Mons, resulting from an ancient catastrophic landslide on the Martian surface. Olympus Mons is a giant shield volcano 13.6 miles tall, 2.5 times…

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