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Valles Marineris, Mars

“Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep.

By comparison, the Earth’s Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA is 800 kilometers long, 30 kilometers across, and 1.8 kilometers deep.”

Source (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_83.html)

Via (https://reddit.com/r/spaceporn/comments/k0mkoy/_/gdjgqw9)