Echo Country: Watch … the discovery of the greatest valley in the universe on Mars

Scientists at NASA space agency were surprised by the presence of valleys on other planets, and the agency published incredible pictures of the largest valley in the solar system, located on the surface of Mars.

The giant tropical canyon, called Valles Marineris, is more than 2,500 miles long and zips along nearly a quarter of the circumference of the Red Planet.

In addition to being ten times longer than the planet’s famous Grand Canyon, it is also three times deeper than the Arizona Marvel.

Images of the valley were captured by NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) spacecraft, according to the Daily Mail.

This project is the most powerful camera ever sent to another planet, installed on the Mars Exploration Orbiter orbiting the Red Planet since 2006.

Designed by experts at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and costing $ 40 million and weighing 143 pounds (65 kg), HiRISE recently published photos of the New Valley as astronomers try to figure out how the landmark was formed.

Comparing Mars Valley to the Grand Canyon is a far cry from the natural formation of the only massive valley on this planet, which is also home to the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, which is found in a nearby formation called Mount Tharsis.

Mystery surrounds how both teachers formed, but the leading theory for the ESA is that mountain and valley are intrinsically linked.

The theory states that during the Martian years of formation and the first billions of its inception, the volcano erupted beneath the Martian crust and produced the mountain.

This may be what led to the formation of Olympus Mons as well as the vast Valles Marineris Valley caused by the collapse of the planet’s crust after being torn apart by rising magma.

Mankind has never set foot on Mars, but many landers and rovers have been sent out to learn more about our neighboring world.

SpaceX, NASA and other space agencies hope to send humans to the planet by the end of the decade, hoping to establish a colony on Mars that will serve as an eventual starting point for deep space missions.

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