Flight over Atlantis Chaos

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Explore the Atlantis Chaos region of Mars, in the Red Planet’s southern hemisphere. The video showcases a myriad of features that reflect a rich geological history. The tour takes in rugged cliffs and impact craters, alongside parts of ancient shallow, eroded basins. See smooth plains scarred with wrinkled ridges, scarps and fracture lines that point to influence from tectonic activity. Marvel at ‘chaotic’ terrain – hundreds of small peaks and flat-topped hills that are thought to result from the slow erosion of a once-continuous solid plateau. This entire region may once have played host to vast volumes of water – look out for the evidence in the form of channels carved into steep-sided walls.

Read more about this region here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Images/2015/07/Ancient_Atlantis

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGA)

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5 Comments

  1. I kept the very annoying sound on in case there was some dialog at some point. Please, the sound of Mars' surface is silence, not some apparently obligatory noise constructed from ugly digitally-constructed musical tones.Knowing there was no dialog, I watch the video a second time and enjoyed it very much.

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