Patterns of Mars

Patterns of Mars A high resolution camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures the abstract beauty of the Martian landscape
NASA / JPL / University of Arizona

Chaotic Terrain
This region, called Iani Chaos, contributed to the formation of Ares Vallis, a Martian valley that appears to have been carved by fluids, perhaps water.

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