The stunning mosaic could help scientists better understand how water and lava once flowed across Mars . Terrain model shows the impressive height of the Meridiani Planum region at up to 820ft ( 250 metres ) in red . Colder colours reveal craters , ditches and plains , which are particularly prominent in Chryse Planitia region . In 2003 , the German Aerospace Center wants to represent the whole of Mars as one coherent mosaic .
The stunning mosaic could help scientists better understand how water and lava once flowed across Mars . Terrain model shows the impressive height of the Meridiani Planum region at up to 820ft ( 250 metres ) in red . Colder colours reveal craters , ditches and plains , which are particularly prominent in Chryse Planitia region . In three years , the German Aerospace Center wants to represent the whole of Mars as one coherent mosaic .