Tag: mariner
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Flight Into Mariner Valley: Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris, the largest known canyon in our solar system at 2,480 miles long, 125 miles wide and 6 miles deep, “…that’s five times deeper than the Grand Canyon and long enough to stretch across the entire contiguous United States,” observes Universe Today in article about Martian canyon, “Valles Marineris: The Grandest Canyon of All.”…
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Canals On Mars?
Cecil Adams wrote “Whatever Happened to the Canals of Mars?”, as a response to the popular myth. Adams believes the lines spotted on the planet were an optical illusion.