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Mars: Hebes Chasma

author: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin-G. Neukum/Novapix

reference: a-mar09-00120

Image Size 300 DPI: 43 * 34 cm

Perspective view of Hebes Chasma obtained by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Hebes Chasma is an enclosed trough, almost 8000 m deep, in Valles Marineris, the Grand Canyon of Mars, where water is believed to have flowed. Hebes Chasma is located at approximately 1° south and 282° east. The HRSC obtained image data on 16 September 2005 with a ground resolution of approximately 15 m/pixel.

Keywords for this photo:

2005 - 2008 - ASTRONOMY - CANYON - HEBES CHASMA - MARS - MARS EXPRESS - PLANET - PLATEAU - WATER -