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The image above spans 550 miles.

That's truly an enormous canyon system; it dwarfs anything found on Earth.

For comparison, the Grand Canyon is 217 miles long, 10 miles wide, and a mile deep.

Valles Marineris spans a full 2480 miles, is 140 miles wide, and is 4 miles deep.

For comparison, an outline of the USA has been superimposed on Valles Marineris:

Here is the close-up of the red outlined area:


1 posted on 02/18/2003 3:40:11 AM PST by petuniasevan
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2 posted on 02/18/2003 3:41:51 AM PST by petuniasevan (® ex-€älîƒørñìåñ ™)
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BIG bump
5 posted on 02/18/2003 6:22:31 AM PST by WSGilcrest (R)
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Neat, again! Thanks.
8 posted on 02/18/2003 7:16:51 AM PST by foolish-one
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