A bird’s-eye view: See Acheron Fossae from above
This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. It shows a bird’s-eye view of Acheron Fossae, an extensive system of rifts and valleys on Mars.
The valley floors are relatively smooth, having been filled by a slow, viscous flow of ice-rich rock, a lot like the rock glaciers we see here on Earth.
ALT-text: A perspective view of Acheron Fossae on Mars
Image description: A perspective rendering of Acheron Fossae created from Mars Express stereo data. The view shows a wide expanse of orange-coloured faulted terrain with smooth valley floors and gently curving lines resembling river channels. The image mimics a top-down aerial view, emphasizing the depth and scale of the rift system.
