Valles Marineris is a vast canyon system that runs along the Martian equator. At 4,500 km long, 200 km wide and 11 km deep, this rift system is ten times longer, seven times wider and seven times deeper than the Grand Canyon of Arizona. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Valles Marineris is a vast canyon system that runs along the Martian equator. At 4,500 km long, 200 km wide and 11 km deep, this rift system is ten times longer, seven times wider and seven times deeper than the Grand Canyon of Arizona. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech