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Clues for a Martian Landscape

Canyons on Mars show a striking similarity to a handful of canyons on Earth. Could they have had the same type of watery origin?


Echus Chasma image copyright European Space Agency. Aerial photograph from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) provided by the USGS Earth Explorer. Caption by Holli Riebeek with review from Michael Lamb.

Published April 29, 2014
Data acquired June 30, 2011

Source:
Aircraft Sensors
Topic:
Land Surface > Geomorphology > Fluvial Landforms/Processes