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हतो वा प्राप्यसि स्वर्गम्, जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महिम्। तस्मात् उत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चय:॥ 🔱 Translation: If you fight, you will either be slain on the battlefield and go to the celestial abodes, or you will gain victory and enjoy the kingdom on earth. Therefore arise with determination, O son of Kunti, and be prepared to fight. Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 37.

🔆NASA has recently captured an epic view of the largest volcano in our solar system named Olympus Mons using the Mars Odyssey orbiter 📍Olympus Mons: ✅It is a shield volcanolocated in Mars’ western hemisphere. ✅It is the highest point on Mars and the largest known volcano in the solar system. ✅It is 16 miles (24 kilometers) high, which makes it about three times higher than Mt. Everest. ✅It is also very wide (340 miles or 550 kilometers) and covers an area larger than the entire chain of Hawaiian Islands. ✅In contrast, the largest volcano on Earth, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, is 120 kilometers across and 9 kilometers high. ✅It is some 3.5 billion years old, which means the volcano formed early on in Mars’ history. It is a very flat mountainwhich slopes by only 2 to 5 degrees. 📍Mars Odyssey: ✅It was an early mission in NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. ✅It was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 7, 2001.✒️✒️