Mars

Overhead View Of A Small Chaotic Area In Shalbatana Vallis On Mars

By Keith Cowing
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NASA
May 21, 2026
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Overhead View Of A Small Chaotic Area In Shalbatana Vallis On Mars
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Larger image

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express.

It shows a bird’s-eye view of part of a small patch of chaotic terrain within Shalbatana Vallis, a large channel near Mars’s equator.

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