Posted on 11/10/2024 12:45:08 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep. By comparison, the Earth's Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA is 800 kilometers long, 30 kilometers across, and 1.8 kilometers deep. The origin of the Valles Marineris remains unknown, although a leading hypothesis holds that it started as a crack billions of years ago as the planet cooled. Several geologic processes have been identified in the canyon. The featured mosaic was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s.
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A cracked eggshell.
Seems like the best place to look for water ice.
8 km deep? I wonder what the atmospheric density and temperature is at the bottom.
Its where the dems lost and destroyed... those former 70 million votes for biden from 2020. no worries though... Elon will retrieve them.
Doesn’t that look like something big skimmed across the surface at just the right tangent, only to be ejected into space again?
Agreed. I can’t even begin to comprehend the immensity of the forces involved in such an event.
Marsโ geology is every bit as interesting as the Moonโs. A lot happened there.
This was a failed project to build a planet sized Death Star weapon. The Empire started digging out the foundation but ran out of money due to the Galactic Senate over spending on other projects.
“Seems like the best place to look for water ice.”
Ice is water.
Water ice is a lot like frozen water. Very similar.
“Water ice is a lot like frozen water. Very similar.”
Ice is frozen water. The same.
That must have been quite a S-WORD fight.
"Sticks and stones may break my bonesgashmiyus (GAHSH-mee-yis)
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