Mars Express sees deep fractures on Mars

Friday, May 6, 2011 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space

Newly released images from ESA's Mars Express show Nili Fossae, a system of deep fractures around the giant Isidis impact basin. Some of these incisions into the martian crust are up to 500 m deep and probably formed at the same time as the basin.

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