Martian Brain Freeze: Mars Express Reveals Utopia Planitia - SciTechDaily

New views from ESA’s Mars Express reveal fascinating ice-related features in Mars’ Utopia region – home to the largest known impact basin not only on the Red Planet, but in the Solar System. Utopia is one of three major basins in Mars’ northern hemisphere (al…

This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows Utopia Planitia, a plain that fills one of three major basins in the northern hemisphere of Mars – Utopia – and has a diameter of 3,300 km. This image compris… [+6369 chars]

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