Friday, January 7, 2011

Mars!



More Valles Marineris
A portion of a 1,700 km long and 65 km wide swath which was taken in south-north direction across the Grand Canyon of Mars (Valles Marineris). Click to enlarge












 Gusev Crater
A perspective oblique view of the ancient impact crater Gusev, where NASA's Mars Spirit rover is. This crater with a diameter of 160 km probably hosted a lake, as inferred from the existence of an inflowing channel called Ma´adim Vallis.

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