Mars displays fascinating geology everywhere you look – and nowhere is this more true than in the fractured, wrinkled ground seen in this image from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express. The scene, captured by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on the Mars Express orbiter, feature
The scene, captured by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the Mars Express orbiter, features the flanks of a vast volcanic plateau named Thaumasia Planum. The highest features visible here are a whopping 4500 m taller than the lowest, as seen most clearly in the associated topographical map. Many thought to have changed very little since they formed nearly four billion years ago, giving an exciting glimpse into Mars’ earliest days.
This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows Nectaris Fossae and Protva Valles, complex geological features found on Mars. Key features are labeled across the frame: the broad, deep incised, and intensely eroded valleys of Protva Valles; three prominent wrinkle ridges; and the dust-filled fractures of Nectaris Fossae. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin,
, some of the largest in the Solar System, are located near to Thaumasia Planum; the load and stress of these volcanoes forming may have prompted this region to begin fracturing, before these volcanoes then flooded the area with lava.
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