Colour plan view of the northern lower course of the valleys of Tagus Valles
Colour plan view of the northern lower course of the valleys of Tagus Valles
Tagus Valles, a small, dendritic valley system in the Martian highland, originates south of the landscape shown here. The lower course of the valleys can still be seen in the image to the right (north) and bottom (east) of the striking crater in the upper left corner of the image. The heavily eroded rims of the large impact craters in particular indicate that this is a very old Martian landscape that has been changed by the deposition of sediments and by subsequent erosion processes.
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