While it still has plenty of mysteries for us to solve, Mars is becoming clearer to us every day, thanks to the dozen functioning robots we currently have either on the red planet's surface or in its orbit.
In this latest release from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, a unique feature of Mars's geology is shown with breathtaking detail.
Aside from the detail in the image, what's really gobsmacking is the scale we're looking at – these troughs are up to 350 meters deep and 10 kilometers wide and can stretch for up to 1,000 kilometers. It's not technically a 'photo'; the image was generated from a digital terrain model of Mars and using the color channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA's Mars Express – but it presents an incredibly clear view of the vast area.
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