Mar's Olympus Mons height is overwhelming

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image showing Mar's Olympus Mons height is overwhelming

shahooster on October 25th, 2020 at 02:43 UTC »

“See? Told you Mars is flat.”

GISP on October 25th, 2020 at 03:01 UTC »

When terraformed, it will be the galaxies best ski resort :)

Parxival_ on October 25th, 2020 at 05:52 UTC »

Genuinely unsure: is there a point where something this big stops being a mountain and instead just the shape of the planet? How do we classify something as a mountain or not if it's this absolutely huge? There's probably a simple explanation I'm not aware of and hopefully someone knows it