acEightyThrees on August 19th, 2018 at 13:10 UTC »
It's so large, and Mars is so much smaller than Earth, that you actually can't see the summit if you were to stand at the base. The curvature of the planet means the summit would be over the horizon.
LivinOut on August 19th, 2018 at 14:39 UTC »
Forget how tall it is, look at how wide that is.
Potato-_-Man on August 19th, 2018 at 14:40 UTC »
This might be a dumb question but how was the mountain created does mars also have tectonic plates like earth?
acEightyThrees on August 19th, 2018 at 13:10 UTC »
It's so large, and Mars is so much smaller than Earth, that you actually can't see the summit if you were to stand at the base. The curvature of the planet means the summit would be over the horizon.
LivinOut on August 19th, 2018 at 14:39 UTC »
Forget how tall it is, look at how wide that is.
Potato-_-Man on August 19th, 2018 at 14:40 UTC »
This might be a dumb question but how was the mountain created does mars also have tectonic plates like earth?