This perspective oblique view was calculated from the stereo channels of the high-resolution stereo camera HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Camera) operated by DLR on board the European space probe Mars Express. A network of giant fractures covers the buried Utopia Planitia impact basin. It measures 2000 kilometers across and is located in the northern lowlands of Mars. These surface features, called "polygons," suggest that an ocean once existed here. More on this: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10333/623_read-19241/#/gallery/24194">www.dlr.de/dlr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10333/623_read-1...</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dlr.de/mars">www.dlr.de/mars</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin - CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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