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Stunning pictures of Mars when there was still water on it
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has created a remarkable three-dimensional picture of the region of Mars called Tiu Vallis, which was carved by flowing rivers millions of years ago.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
Scientists coloured the photographs they had to show the changes in the height of the surface of the planet.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
Water has carved recesses up to 2000 meters deep, say the geologists who are from the Freie Universität Berlin and who helped to draft these images.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
On the surface of many of the craters there is no sedimentary rock.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
These craters arose as a result of asteroid activity when there was no water on Mars any more.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
Mars Express snapped the photos during 10 flights across the Martian terrain. The photographed region is approximately 380 km in length.
Tags: 3D, coloured, craters, European Space Agency, Mars, Mars Express, surface, water
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