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A Living Mars visualization

January 6, 2013

A Living Mars visualization

A Living Mars visualization, an Earth-like Mars. A conception of an ancient or a future terraforming Mars, with oceans, clouds and life.   Image © Kevin Gill

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Valles Marineris greatest Canyon in our Solar System [video]

October 23, 2012

Valles Marineris in Mars

Valles Marineris greatest Canyon in our Solar System (or Mariner Valley), is 4000 km (2500 mi) long and reaches depths of up to 7 km (4 mi)!  Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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Ophir Chasma in Valles Marineris

August 25, 2011

Ophir Chasma

During its examination of Mars, the Viking 1 spacecraft returned images of Valles Marineris, a huge canyon system 5,000 km, or about 3,106 miles, long, whose connected chasma or valleys may have formed from a combination of erosional collapse and structural activity. This synthetic oblique view shows Ophir Chasma, the northern most one of the connected valleys of Valles Marineris.

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Valles Marineris: the Grand Canyon of Mars

March 30, 2011

MarsThis is the largest canyon in the Solar System and cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep.
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