The Biggest Volcano in the Solar System



Get to know Olympus Mons on Mars, the biggest volcano in the solar system, and find out why a planet that’s smaller than Earth has volcanoes that are bigger than ours! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout outs go to Justin Lentz, John Szymakowski, Ruben Galvao, and Peso255. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/SciShow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/VTimeSer/Duration.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/archive/1995/95_09_08.html http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/4617.pdf http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/atlas/olympus-mons.html http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/mars.html http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007GL030083 http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ast/solar/portug/marsvolc.htm

Comments

  1. "coincidentally, that also happens to be my stripper name"
  2. anyone else wanna take a long board down Olympus mons
  3. Olympus Mons is a shield supervolcano
  4. I was shot in the face by stripper name... My bowls are out... Thanks...
  5. Can you do a follow up video explaining how Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on earth. I figure it has something to do with it's mass, and that it's height extends down to the ocean floor, but still I don't 100% understand. Is there a way you can answer this question in a video? Thanks.
  6. olimpos mons is 25klomerters high it can fit 3 mount everrist
  7. what does he mean by "stripper name"?
  8. what I wouldn't give to see stripper Hank
  9. At 1:32

    Does anyone else notice how Olympus Mons, and the other 3, the Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons have the same configuration as the Pyramids of Giza.

    ?????
  10. i climbed mt. everest
  11. Please stop with the stripper comments. One thread is enough.
  12. Stripper name... Lol
  13. Thumbs up for stripper joke... Had me dyin'.
  14. Actually since we can still hear you. You should turn the lights off. It'll save electricity.
  15. He's definitely my favorite host on SciShow Space. He cracks me up.
  16. Nice shirt!
  17. What would happen if Olympus Mons erupted tomorrow? Would curiosity be in danger? And what would it see if the eruption was the size of Yellowstone?
  18. Would really love to see an artist's interpretation of what Olympus Mons would look like from the vantage point of the surrounding plains ... like looking at it from ground level say ... 15 miles away.
  19. surprised they didnt say its peak is well above mars' atmosphere, because it does
  20. Hank looked like Matt smiths doctor who when he made that stripper joke.


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Visibility: 143050

Duration: 3m 56s

Rating: 5658