A series of deep chasms can be seen in Mars' Grand Canyon.

This oblique perspective view of Tithonium Chasmata, which forms part of Mars’ Valles Marineris canyon structure, was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and color channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. (Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin)

The largest canyon system in the solar system is located on Mars.

The canyon floor is captured in the images taken by the European Space Agency. The Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon, which is believed to have formed from drifting plates. There is a jagged canyon floor in the new images.

The gnarly floor of Ius Chasma is equally fascinating according to the statement. The jagged triangles of rock looked like a row of shark teeth. These rock formations have crumbled over time.

There is a canyon in the solar system.

The trenches that form part of western Valles Marineris are called Ius Chasma and Tithonium Chasma. The images show the amazing detail of the trenches.

According to the statement, Valles Marineris is ten times larger and five times deeper than the Grand Canyon.

A color-coded topographic image of deep chasms on Mars.

This color-coded topographic image shows Ius and Tithonium Chasmata, which form part of Mars’ Valles Marineris canyon structure. (Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin)

The south side of the canyon is called the lus Chasma and the north side is called the Tithonium Chasma. The Grand Canyon is almost 500 km long and just over a mile deep. The distance from the northern tip of Norway to the southern tip of Sicily was stated in the statement.

The two chasms capture Mars' diverse surface features, ranging from dark sand dunes created by nearby volcanic activity, mountain-size mounds that have been eroded by wind, and smaller bumps that may have arisen from the evaporation of water that once filled the chasma.

Evidence suggests liquid water may have once been in the canyon. There are signs of sulfate minerals in the area of Ius Chasma and Tithonium Chasma, as well as water ice underneath the surface of Candor Chaos.

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