November 24, 2015

Aurorae Chaos and Ganges Chasma (Image ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, licence CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

ESA has published images of Valles Marineris on Mars captured by its Mars Express space probe in July 2015. It’s a huge complex of geological fractures much wider and longer than the American Grand Canyon. In particular, scientists focused on the photographs taken by Mars Express’ High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) in an area called Aurorae Chaos, where there are still traces of ancient water flows.