Life on Mars?

A view of the mouth of the Kasei Valles. The Rongxar crater in front and the large Sharonov crater on the right, the Nilokeras Fossae at the left.

Melted snow and ice from volcano eruptions on the Tharsis probably caused torrential muddy floods that shaped valleys like the Kasei Valley.


Final take 3, may 31 2001
(Published in De Volkskrant June 2nd 2001)

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I dedicate these Kasei Valley renders to the MOLA science team and particulary to Maria T. Zuber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the MOLA Science Team.