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Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system, rising some 27 km above the Tharsis plain on Mars. At its summit is a complex caldera about 80 km across, consisting of several nested craters formed when the top of the mountain collapsed into empty magma chambers after giant eruptions.

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