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DESTINATION MARS: National Traveling Exhibition 

December 16, 2005
Santa Paula News
Olympus Mons is the largest known volcano in the solar system, rising to 80,000 feet on the surface of Mars (nearly three times the height of Mt. Everest). Olympus Mons is the largest known volcano in the solar system, rising to 80,000 feet on the surface of Mars (nearly three times the height of Mt. Everest). This remarkable geographic feature of Mars is explored in the new exhibition, “Destination Mars,” now showing at the City of Santa Paula’s California Oil Museum (1001 E. Main St., 805-933-0076, 10-4, Wed-Sun, $4 Adults, $3 Seniors, $1 Children). Photo courtesy of Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Pasadena.