# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BejTNKyHM19
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11735437-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/9066591c63.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-01-29T23:19:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Earth or Mars? 
Although it could be mistaken for a desert on Earth, layers seen in this image are evidence of erosion on the Red Planet. This erosion has even produced several small mesas & a prominent channel that cuts through this region of the planet: 
The map is projected here at a scale of 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) per pixel. 
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona 
#nasa #space #mars #planet #solarsystem #science #marsorbiter #desert #earth #mesas #channel

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solarsystem, channel, planet, earth, desert, science, nasa, marsorbiter, space, mesas, mars

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