The Chryse Planitia Basin forms a complex watershed northeast of the Vallis Marineris on Mars. Scientists have used images like this one, taken by the Viking Orbiter I, to learn that this area of Mars formed due to geologic events related to sedimentation and erosion.

The Chryse Planitia Basin forms a complex watershed northeast of the Vallis Marineris on Mars. Scientists have used images like this one, taken by the Viking Orbiter I, to learn that this area of Mars formed due to geologic events related to sedimentation and erosion.

The Chryse Planitia Basin forms a complex watershed northeast of the Vallis Marineris on Mars. Scientists have used images like this one, taken by the Viking Orbiter I, to learn that this area of Mars formed due to geologic events related to sedimentation and erosion.

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