Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Largest known VOLCANO in SOLAR SYSTEM



In 1971, Mariner 9 orbited Mars, becoming the first space probe to orbit another planet. It took pictures of the Martian surface and discovered Mount


the largest known volcano in our solar system—27 kms tall (Mount Everest is a mere 8.8 kms high), and a whopping 550 kms wide!

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