The European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Express probe took pictures of Mars testify to the depth of the largest canyon in the solar system. Exactly that of the Valles Marineris. A system of canals and valleys 4,000 km long, 200 km wide and 7 km deep. In practice, its peculiarity is that it is 10 times longer, 20 times wider and 5 times deeper than the American Grand Canyon.
In addition, the Valles Marineris system was shaped differently from the Grand Canyon. It was created by the pulling away of tectonic plates. A violent movement that has created a jagged backdrop is what the photos from the probe show. The latter has been in orbit around Mars since 2003 to focus its attention on two deep valleys, Ius Chasma and Tithonium Chasma. They are located in the western part of Valles Marineris. The first has a length of 840 km, the second of 805.
The images show the features of the surface of Mars. There are dunes of dark sand from volcanic activity and wind-eroded mountainous structures. Also small bumps formed by evaporated water and a recent canyon wall landslide. These images are not the only most curious recent images, there are also images recently taken on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover. An unexplored area of Jezero Crater was photographed with a mysterious tangle of wires. For NASA, it could be one of the remnants of the rover’s landing system itself. Maybe it got there because of the Martian wind.
Source: Lega Nerd
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