Floating in the orbit above Mars, NASA’s 2001 Mangal Odyssey Orbiter grabbed a panorama of the red planet’s largest volcano, Arsia Mons, which peeped over the sea of ​​clouds. The picturesque moment provides an extraordinary rare view of a martian volcano, which shows landforms at an angle in space that holds the horizon of the planet.

Jonathan Hill, Odisena State University’s Mars Space Lead for Flight Facility, Jonathan Hill said, “We hope Arsia Mons hopes that we hope we hope that we will look at the summit above the clouds after the morning.” statementThemis can see Mars in both visible and infrared light.

Launched in 2001, Odissi is circling around Mars for more than two decades, studying the martian surface. But in 2023, Orbiter began taking breathtaking captivating scenes of the Martian horizon. Because Thums cannot pivit to achieve these stunning ideas, the orbiter flipped on its behalf, rotating the entire 90 degrees. In this way, it captured the “organ” of Mars, the edge of the horizon of the planet. it is The fourth limb observation of Thamis since 2023,

Odyssey captured the image on May 2, just before dawn. In this, Arsia Mons 12 miles (20 km) stands high and measures 70 miles (450 km) in diameter. For comparison, the earth’s longest volcano stands up 6 miles (9 km) above the seaflor and measures in a diameter of 75 miles (121 km).

Arsia Mons is also one of the cloudiest volcanoes of Mars and is the southern of the three Thaharis volcanoes that construct the Thaharis Montes, or the Tharis mountain. These mountains are often surrounded by water snow clouds, especially early in the morning. Clouds are formed when the wind expands because it blows the edges of the mountain and then cools rapidly.

This visual scientists allow scientists to study martian weather and events like clouds of dust and how they change during the season. Odyssey may be able to catch some of these more panorama before its final retirement End of this year.