High-resolution stereo
camera orbiting Mars the Mars Express took pictures of the mountain range of
Nereid at a distance of almost 380 kilometers north-east of the crater Hook.
Affects its
magnificence mountainous terrain surrounding the Nereids, stretched along the
northern edge of the basin Argir, one of the largest shock depressions on Mars.
Extensive branching
channels observed in the north of the region (bottom right) were formed when
liquid water is flowing to the interior of the zone after heavy rains allegedly
took place in the distant "water" past of Mars.
Some of the craters of
the region, especially in its eastern part (bottom) show a concentric filling
characteristic of the process of Mars, which show the form of relief in the
form of concentric rings inside these craters.
The relationship
between the diameter and depth-filled craters suggests that they may be water
ice, possibly in the form of ancient glaciers, beneath the surface, covered by
a layer of debris from collisions with space bodies.
Depth study of the region
near the mountains Nereid is designed not only to better understand the
geological history of the Red Planet, but also to identify areas for possible
future human missions.
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