Mars:
Oblique View with Altimetry
of Valles Marineris |
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An
oblique, colour image of central Valles Marineris,
Mars showing relief of Ophir and Candor Chasmata; view toward east. The
photograph is a composite of Viking high-resolution images in black and
white and low-resolution images in color. Ophir Chasma on the north (left
side) is approximately 300 km across and as deep as 10 km. |
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Credit: U.S.
Geological Survey
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An
oblique, colour image of central Valles Marineris,
Mars showing relief of Ophir and Candor Chasmata; view toward east. The
photograph is a composite of Viking high-resolution images in black and
white and low-resolution images in color. Ophir Chasma on the north (left
side) is approximately 300 km across and as deep as 10 km. The connected
chasma or valleys of Valles Marineris may have formed from a combination
of erosional collapse and structural activity. Tongues of interior layered
deposits on the floor of the chasmata can be observed as well as young landslide
material along the base of Ophir Chasma's north wall. |
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