Friday, April 8, 2011

APOD 4.1

Valles Marineris 
Valles Marineris is the largest canyon in the solar system extending over 3,000 kilometers long and spanning as much 600 kilometers across and delving as much as 8 kilometers deep. The origin remains unknown, although a hypothesis stands that it started as a crack billions of year ago as the planet cooled. This pictured was compiled from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Oribiters in the 1970s.

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