Posted by jburk to Mars Express at February 12, 2004 12:00 PM

Europe's Mars Express orbiter has stared down the throat of the Solar System's largest volcano, Olympus Mons, to produce the best ever images of the giant peak. The images, released on Wednesday, were taken with the orbiter's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) from a height of 273 kilometres and reveal details as small as 12 metres across.