Valles Marineris facts for kids

Valles Marineris is a canyon system on Mars. It is 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometres) long.

Images for kids

Valles Marineris in mosaic of THEMIS infrared images from 2001 Mars Odyssey
Morning water ice fog spills out of Noctis Labyrinthus (Viking 1 orbiter image)
Ophir Chasma THEMIS mosaic
Valles Marineris with major features labeled.
Ius Chasma image mosaic from 2001 Mars Odyssey, showing side canyons created by sapping. On the northern (upper) rim, right of center, a side canyon turns 90 degrees where it encounters a graben.
Seasonal flows on Coprates Chasma in Valles Marineris.
Part of Noctis Labyrinthus taken with Mars Global Surveyor.
Layers in the wall of Noctis Labyrinthus taken with Mars Global Surveyor, under the MOC Public Targeting Program.
Section of layers near top of Noctis Labyrinthus, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program.
Group of layers near the bottom of Noctis Labyrinthus, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program.
Wide view of cliff with layers in Noctis Labyrinthus.
Close-up of part of previous image of layers in Noctis Labyrinthus, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program.
Close-up of complex, dark dunes in the previous image of the floor of Noctis Labyrinthus, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program.
Close-up of some layers in wall of Noctis Labyrinthus, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program.