Spacecraft "Mars
Express" continues to search for treasure on Mars.
Space research probe
"Mars Express" spent almost ten years researching the surface of the
Red Planet. The archived of the missions a lot of amazing photos of some
Martian region.
If a little digging in
the archives, you'll find truly amazing and unique shots Martian surface. One
of these pictures was specifically found in the archives and presented to the
public. It comes as a picture of one of the Martian regions known as Noctis
Labyrinthus.
"This photograph
can smooth be identify glamorous" - said Bill Dunford (Bill Dunford) of
the planetary community.
"Noctis
Labyrinthus" translated into Russian as "Night Maze" or
"Labyrinth Night." It is located in the western region of Martian
"Valles Marineris". For the first time a spacecraft "Mars
Express" sfotografirval "Night Maze" in June 2006.
"Labyrinth of the
Night" - is the largest maze on Mars. It is a complex of intersecting
valleys, which stretches for 1,200 km, connecting the western end of the Valles
Marineris to the northern end of the furrow Clarities. Center of the maze has
the coordinate’s 6.36 ° lat. sh. 101.19 ° W. etc.
Labyrinth of Night
bears the name of the lake Nights - dark albedo parts were discovered in the
course of ground-based observations in the 19th century.
Labyrinth of Night is
on the rise, reaching a height of 11 kilometers. Valleys that form a labyrinth
of Night, is a graben. In many places, they are subject to rounded depression
(possibly craters, advanced erosion).
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