The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft captured a stunning new view of the Red Planet's complex surface geology.
created the fascinating features we see today, according to a statement from the European Space Agency .
"This time was a turbulent one, with many of Mars' standout features just beginning to form," ESA officials."The Tharsis volcanoes, some of the largest in the solar system, are located near to Thaumasia Planum; the load and stress of these volcanoes forming may have prompted this region to begin fracturing, before these volcanoes then flooded the area with lava."Back then, the planet likely experienced active tectonics, causing the ground to shift and move.
"One of the most substantial ridges is seen to the bottom-right of center [of the image] as an unsteady diagonal line scored into the surface," ESA officials said in the statement. Active tectonics would have also caused significant stresses in the planet's crust, resulting in the deep
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