Marvels on Mars: 10 astounding topographical features of the red planet

Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system that stands almost three times taller than Mount Everest .

Valles Marineris canyon system is ten times longer than the Grand Canyon and five times deeper than it.

Hellas Planitia is among the deepest and largest impact basins in our solar system.

Medae Fossae Formation spans two million square miles ( five million square kilometers ) of Mars .

MFF ’s origins are still hotly contested, but a popular theory is that explosive volcanic eruptions from the nearby Tharsis volcanic region spewed massive quantities of ash.

Strong Martian winds then sculpted the land into strange yardangs’ (wind-carved rock formations), valleys, and ridges.

Gathering further knowledge of MFF can tell us more about Mars ’ climatic history and shed light on its former volcanic activity, and atmospheric conditions.

Reull Vallis is one of the prominent features that reveals clues about the climatic history of Mars . It also offers insights into the primary phases of water and ice dominating the planet’s surface, helping scientists establish the time in which Mars changed from a wet world to the dry, cold desert we see today ..