As Low As One Can Go

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 13, 2010 ![][1] There are few places on Mars lower than this. The floor of Melas Chasma sinks nine kilometres below the surrounding plains. New images from the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsche Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) operated High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express orbiter highlight the complex history of this enormous martian canyon. Melas Chasma is part of the huge Valles Mari

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