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Largest canyon in the solar system revealed in stunning new images – Livescience.com
It’s nearly 10 times as long as the Grand Canyon, and three times as deep. But how did it form?
About 87 million miles (140 million kilometers) above theGrand Canyon
, an even larger, grander abyss cuts through the gut of the Red Planet. Known as Valles Marineris, this system of deep, vast canyons runs more than 2,500 miles (4,000 km) along the Martian equator, spanning nearly a quarter of the planet’s circumference. This gash in the bedrock of Mars
is nearly 10 times as long as Earth’s Grand Canyon and three times deeper, making it the single largest canyon in the solar system
and, according…
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