Route of the virtual flight over Schiaparelli and the surrounding regions of Mars
Route of the virtual flight over Schiaparelli and the surrounding regions of Mars
Animated using digital HRSC terrain models, the flight begins in the southwest of the impact basin, near Evros Vallis – a branching valley system more than three billion years old. The route crosses several other dried-up river valleys before sweeping in a wide arc along the western rim of the Schiaparelli crater and finally over its northern rim to the eastern rim, which rises some 2000 metres above the infilled basin. The virtual flight ends at Brazos Valles, a network of valleys extending for almost 400 kilometres along the southern rim of Schiaparelli.
