Mars – the Red Planet
Mars – the Red Planet
This mosaic of a hemisphere of Mars shows the striking 4000-kilometre-long rift valley system of Valles Marineris in the centre and the huge volcanoes of the Tharsis rise with the highest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, at the upper left edge of the image. Simply exquisite, Mars, which is also called the Red Planet due to its oxidised iron-containing minerals.
