Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris is a canyon system on Mars. It is 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometres) long.[1]
Valles Marineris Media
Global mosaic of 102 Viking 1 Orbiter images of Mars taken on orbit 1,334, 22 February 1980. The images are projected into point perspective, representing what a viewer would see from a spacecraft at an altitude of 2,500 km.
Valles Marineris topographic view constructed from MOLA altimetry data. Image shows Coprates Chasma, with Melas Chasma at the top, Candor Chasma at top right, and part of Capri Chasma at the bottom
Topographic map of Valles Marineris with its associated outflow channels and their surroundings, based on MOLA altimetry data
Valles Marineris in mosaic of Viking orbiter images, with Noctis Labyrinthus at the left, Melas Chasma in the middle, Hebes Chasma just left of top center, Eos Chasma at lower right and Ganges Chasma just above center right
Valles Marineris in mosaic of THEMIS infrared images from 2001 Mars Odyssey
Morning water ice fog spills out of Noctis Labyrinthus (Viking 1 orbiter image)
Ius Chasma image mosaic from 2001 Mars Odyssey, showing side canyons created by sapping. On the northern (upper) rim, right of center, a side canyon turns 90 degrees where it encounters a graben.
Ophir Chasma THEMIS mosaic
Seasonal flows on Coprates Chasma in Valles Marineris.
References
- ↑ "Mars Exploration: Multimedia". mars.jpl.nasa.gov.
