Tinto Vallis

The wide channel in the center of this VIS image is Tinto Vallis. This northward flowing channel is 180 km (112 miles) long and is located in northern Hesperia Planum. Tinto Vallis arises in the plains of Herperia Planum and empties into Palos Crater. In this image Tinto Vallis doglegs to the north, entering Palos Crater, and then exiting again into the northern lowland of Amenthes Planum.