images

Mars -Valles Marineris

by

USGS/Novapix

Reference

a-mar04-00151

Date

2006-10-09

The Valles Marineris is a system of canyons located just south of the martian equator. The system is about 4500 km long, and its floor can reach a depth of more than 8 km. Mosaic of images collected by Viking 1 orbiter.