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Proximities of Ma'adim Vallis (Natural Colors; credits: ESA)
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Caption ESA:"Mars Express image of a Region close to Maadim Vallis, one of the largest - after Vallis Marineris - canyons on Mars.
The imaged Region lies South-East of Maadim Vallis; the pictures are centred at about 29 South Lat. and 182 East Long. and have a ground resolution of 15 mt/pixel.
Maadim Vallis is located between the Volcanic Province of Tharsis, which harbours 4 volcanoes, including the largest in the Solar System, and the Hellas Planitia Impact Basin.
The canyon, approx. 20 Km wide and 2 Km deep, originates in the Southern Highlands close to the so-called Dichotomy Boundary and ends in Gusev Crater.
The Dichotomy Boundary is a narrow Region separating the cratered Highlands, located mostly in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars, from the Northern Hemisphere's Lowland Plains".
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