Regional overview map of Xanthe Terra and Chryse Planitia
Regional overview map of Xanthe Terra and Chryse Planitia
The images presented in this release were acquired by DLR's HRSC on 22 October 2024 during Mars Express orbit 26,265. The ground resolution is approximately 22 metres per pixel. Shalbatana Vallis, located in the equatorial region of Mars, originates from the Orson Welles crater and formed approximately 3.5 billion years ago during the Hesperian epoch. At that time, vast volumes of water carved their way across more than 1300 kilometres, through the Xanthe Terra highlands down into the Chryse Planitia lowland basin.
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NASA/JPL (MOLA)/FU Berlin CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO