The NASA Odyssey orbiter, which launched in 2001 from Cape Canaveral, snapped a 1st-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above the clouds before dawn.

Mars orbiter that launched from Florida captures 1st-ever pic of volcano above clouds Known as Arsia Mons, the volcano on Mars dwarfs Earth’s tallest volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

What is Arsia Mons volcano? Arsia Mons is the southernmost of the three volcanoes that make up Tharsis Montes, shown in the center of this cropped topographic map of Mars.

Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, which ...

Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, which appears here ...

Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet's largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May 2, 2025.