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Size of Valles Marineris
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5. Size of Valles Marineris

This shaded relief painting is based on Viking Orbiter images and shows the Valles Marineris trough system with a map of the United States for scale. Valles Marineris is 4000 kilometers long, nearly enough to stretch from New York to California. Valles Marineris reaches a maximum depth of 10 kilometers. The red box outlines the region shown in slide #6.

From Meszaros, 1985, Plate 46

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