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Ten times longer than the Grand Canyon, and three times as deep, the Valles Marineris (The Mariner Valley) cuts through the surface of Mars. This grandest canyon in the Solar System stretches 4,000 km (2,500 miles) across the Red Planet — nearly covering a quarter of the circumference of that ruddy world.Now, images released on Christmas Day, utilizing the HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, show this mighty rift in stunning detail.More than five million years ago, the Grand Canyon in Arizona was slowly carved out by the flow of water in the Colorado River. But, despite the presence of large quantities ofin the ancient past, it is unlikely water was the primary cause responsible for the formation of its counterpart on Mars.[Read:&nbsp;]However, the flow of water may have played a role in shaping the Mariner Valley, deepening channels, assisting the formation of this massive planetary rift, researchers speculate.Billions of years ago, the eruption ofin the Tharsis region near the present-day canyon erupted, ripping the crust. This material then fell, forming the valley, researchers suggest. Over the ensuing eons, landslides and magma flows (together with water) may have helped shape the site we know today.“The canyon extends from the Noctis Labyrinthus region in the west to the chaotic terrain in the east. Most researchers agree that Valles Marineris is a large tectonic ‘crack’ in the Martian crust, forming as the planet cooled, affected by the rising crust in the Tharsis region to the west, and subsequently widened by erosional forces,”.The movement of magma would have resulted in a swelling of ground near the Tharsis region would have lifted the, resulting in fractures in the ground. This would have allowed subsurface water to escape, growing the canyon.“Strong water flows may have reshaped Valles Marineris after it was formed, deepening the canyon. Mineralogical information collected by orbiting spacecraft, including Mars Express, shows that the terrain here was altered by water hundreds of millions of years ago,” Thereports.In February, a trio of spacecraft — from NASA, China, and the UAE — will arrive at the Red Planet. Included in these flights is the— Ingenuity.Mars has secrets to share — andpromises to bring us all a new wealth of knowledge (and stunning images) from the Red Planet.Read next:Join over 260,000 subscribers!Sit back and let the hottest tech news come to you by the magic of electronic mail.Prefer to get the news as it happens? Follow us on social media.Got two minutes to spare? We'd love to know a bit more about our readers.All data collected in the survey is anonymous.Navigate up/downGo to articleSearch new termClose search

Ten times longer than the Grand Canyon, and three times as deep, the Valles Marineris (The Mariner Valley) cuts through the surface of Mars. This grandest canyon in the Solar System stretches 4,000 km (2,500 miles) across the Red Planet — nearly covering a quarter of the circumference of that ruddy world.Now, images released on Christmas Day, utilizing the HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, show this mighty rift in stunning detail.More than five million years ago, the Grand Canyon in Arizona was slowly carved out by the flow of water...

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