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Chapter 8, Figure 16
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8.16
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of Valles Marineris, the Grand Canyon of Mars. This enormous gash in Mars'
crust may be a rift that began to split apart the Martian crust but that failed
to open farther. The canyon is about 5000 kilometers (approximately 3000 miles)
long. Were it on Earth, it would stretch from California to Florida. (Courtesy
A. S. McEwen, USGS.)
