6 Locations on Mars that Future Tourists Could Explore

Sep 05, 2023, 12:21 IST

Riya Teotia

Mars or the Red Planet has variety of cool locations- from huge volcanoes, deep canyons to huge craters. It will be an amazing location for future tourists to explore, here are some of those locations that future Martians could visit.

Olympus Mons

Olympus Mons is the most extreme volcano in the solar system. Its height of 16 miles (25 kilometers) makes it nearly three times the height of Earth's Mount Everest, which is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) high.

The North and South Poles

Mars has two icy regions at its poles, with slightly different compositions; the north pole was studied up close by the Phoenix lander in 2008, while our south pole observations come from orbiters.

Gale Crater and Mount Sharp

This location was made famous by the landing of the Curiosity rover in 2012. Curiosity stumbled upon a streambed within weeks of landing, and found extensive evidence of water throughout its journey along the crater floor.

Tharsis volcanoes

Tharsis hosts 12 gigantic volcanoes in a zone roughly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) wide, according to NASA. Like Olympus Mons, these volcanoes tend to be much larger than those on Earth.

Valles Marineris

The canyon named Valles Marineris is roughly 1,850 miles (3,000 km) long, according to NASA. That's about four times longer than the Grand Canyon, which has a length of about 500 miles (800 km).

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