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Description: This high-altitude photograph shows a variety of the features on Mars, including enormous volcanoes (left) on the highland, called Tharsis Bulge; impact craters (upper right); and vast, windswept plains. The enormous Valles Marineris canyon system crosses horizontally just below the center of the image. Inset: Details of the Valles Marineris, which is about 100 km (60 mi) wide. The canyon floor has two major levels. The northern (upper) canyon floor is 8 km (5 mi) beneath the surrounding plateau, whereas the southern canyon floor is only 5 km (3 mi) below the plateau Picture Stats: Views: 556 Filesize: 291.24kB Height: 617 Width: 1350 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=16069 |