Indian satellites capture the largest canyon in the Solar System on Mars

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the Mars research project in November 2013 at a cost of $ 74 million (compared to $ 671 million for NASA's Maven satellite project). This was the country's first attempt at interplanetary research and they had great initial successes.

India captures the image of Ophir Chasma canyon on Mars

Their project satellite, Mangalyaan , captured and sent images of the Valleys Marineris mountain range on the surface of Mars.

Earlier, more than half of India's Mars access projects failed, this time, Mangalyaan approached the red planet 's orbit last September and it began its mission. Research so far. Last July 19, the satellite captured a photo of Ophir Chasma , a canyon of up to 317 km deep and 62 km wide. It sends this thermal image of the canyon to Earth with a resolution of up to 96 MP.

" Ophir Chasma is part of the largest canyon system in the solar system, called Valles Marineris. The walls of the mountain range contain many layers, while the background also contains a large amount of material. This was taken on July 19, 2015 at an altitude of 1857 km above the Martian surface, with a 96-megapixel resolution . " ISRO said.

The main goal of the project is to collect data from Mars to prove to the world about India 's ability to develop aerospace technology. Photo albums of Ophir Chasma can be viewed at ISRO's website.