• The Valles Marineris Canyon System
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    The Valles Marineris Canyon System is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's exhibition, Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes, from May 26, 2010 - May 2, 2011. 

    The largest canyon in the Solar System, Valles Marineris is almost 2,500 miles long—nearly as long as the continental United States is wide. A ground fog hugs can be seen inside the canyon floor. Haze in the thin Martian atmosphere is visible on the horizon.
     
    Multi-frame mosaic.

    Viking Orbiter 1, July 16, 1978

  • The Valles Marineris Canyon System

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WEB11405-2010

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NASA; JPL; Dr. Paul Geissler; Kinetikon Pictures

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