Mars Express Returns Photos Of Hellas Basin Rim

At approximately 2300 kilometers in diameter, Mars' Hellas Basin is one of the largest impact craters in the Solar System. ESA's Mars Express orbiter recently returned images of the Basin's northern rim taken with the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). Scientists have created several different images from the raw data, including a color photograph, a 3-D anaglyph and a perspective view showing how the rim would appear to someone on or near the surface of Mars. Evidence in these images seems to indicate wind and possibly water erosion.

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