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A model of the Valles Marineris was revealed at the observatory in Hradec Králové on April 22nd 2006. Its scale is 1 : 910 000 (i.e., 1 cm on the model corresponds approximately to 10 km in reality; the depth of the valleys is five times bigger). Detailed information was published in the Povetron 3/2006 magazine (in Czech).
A view of the Valles Marineris model from the West.
A view from the East, Coprates Chasma in the front, Melas Chasma at the horizon.
A view from the South, with a clear curvature of the planet surface.
A detail of landslides in Coprates Chasma.
Dendritic valleys in Ius Chasma.
A model of the model in the 1 : 10 scale.
An overall view on the exposition.
