Kasei Valles

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows a portion of Kasei Valles. Kasei Valles is one of the largest outflow channel systems on Mars, in places up to 482 km (300 miles) wide and 1580 km (982 miles) long. For comparison, the Grand Canyon in Arizona is is only 29 km (18 miles) at its widest and only 446 km (277 miles) long. Kasei Valles flows eastward through Lunae Planum and empties into Chryse Planitia.

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Context

Latitude: 25.921

Longitude: 299.528

Orbit Number: 103137

Captured: 2025-03-15 14:14

Posted to Web: Mon, 2025-12-08

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.037267 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0373774 km/pixel

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