Above Mars, located in the eastern part of the Thaisbulge Plateau, there is a canyon system with a length of 4,000 kilometers and a deepest depth of more than 7 kilometers. The terrain is extremely steep and complex.

For the people on earth, the Grand Canyon of the United States is already a terrifying and spectacular natural landscape. However, the Grand Canyon of the United States is far inferior to the canyon in front of Hatoshi.

This is the Mariner Canyon (vallesma, vernacular), the largest canyon on Mars and the vernacular largest canyon in the entire solar system.

From the digital scale, the Mariner Canyon is 10 times longer and 5 times deeper than the American Grand Canyon on Earth.

Geologists speculate that the cause of the formation of the Sailor Canyon may be closely related to the formation of the nearby Talsis Plateau.

The Talsis Plateau is home to the largest volcano in the solar system, the Olympus Mountain. The rock characteristics of the cliffs of the Mariner Canyon and the surrounding plateaus show that volcanic activities have been experienced here, and those rocks are accumulated from continuous lava flows.

In the first 1 billion years of Mars, as the Talsis Plateau gradually rose under the push of lava, the surrounding crust was constantly stretched and torn, and eventually broke into the huge Sailor Canyon in front of Yuan Shichen.

"It's better to see it at first sight than to hear it!! I already feel my feet tremble!"

Durunik stood only on the edge of the Mariner Canyon, looking down at the abyss under his feet, constantly marveling.

"Do you remember the Grand Canyon of the United States that we both visited?" Harashi Kazuya looked at the other side of the Mariner Canyon and recalled the experiences he had when dealing with the American Nasa a year ago.

From confirming the area where the mysterious meteorite target is located, assembled the Mars scientific exploration team to setting off and leaving Earth. In this blink of an eye, it has been nearly 10 months since Yuan Shichen arrived on Mars.

"What? How can the American Grand Canyon and Mariner Canyon be compared! Look at the bottom of the bottom of the place, it is at least 6 kilometers from under my feet to the bottom of the valley. "Durunick said excitedly, "We are the first Earthlings who have experienced the majestic scenery of the Mariner Canyon. Do you believe it? This will definitely become a tourist destination for Earthlings in the future."

"Indeed, it is difficult to experience this magnificent scenery without being there."

Although Hara Kazuki had also seen photos of the Mariner Canyon taken by the European Space Agency's Mars rover before, how could those pale pictures be the same as the real feeling of stepping on the edge of the canyon?

With the launch of the Mars scientific research base construction project, in the foreseeable future, human footprints will gradually cover the entire solar system.

Yuan Shichen firmly believed that more large bases would be built on every planet in the solar system.

At that time, a magnificent and magnificent extraterrestrial natural landscape like the Mariner Canyon and Mount Olympus (the highest mountain in the solar system) will definitely become a tourist destination for humans on earth.

However, today Harashi Chen and Durunik were not visiting the Mariner Canyon to enjoy the mountain (the Mariner Canyon is not far from the Mars Life Cabin Camp).

They came here to complete their last scientific research mission on Mars, investigate the internal landscape of the Mariner Canyon, and manipulate Mars drones to sample and measure the canyon.

The Mariner Canyon is indeed too long and deep. With the capabilities of this Mars scientific exploration team, it is unrealistic to conduct very detailed scientific research and exploration on it.

Due to the steep terrain, places like Mariner Canyon cannot be reached by ground Mars rovers. Therefore, Mars drones have become the best choice.

"This Mars drone looks silly!!"

Durunik moved the Mars drone from the Mars rover and kept complaining about this clumsy guy.

The wings of the Mars drone are at least 60 cm. They are made of composite materials, glass fiber or carbon fiber, and have a mass of less than 0.45 kg.

Since Mars' gravity is about 38% of the Earth's gravity, its actual weight on Mars is only 0.45 kg.

"The atmosphere of Mars is too thin, and only a gliding drone with a huge wingspan can barely fly." Hara Kane Chen explained, "Keanu Reeves and Kardga had used it to survey the crater where the [Source of Creation] is located. In addition to being unable to perform flexible direction control and being able to stay in the air to shoot, the other performance is pretty good."

Durunik took a picture of the wide wingspan of the Mars drone and said with a smile: "It's only the stupid guy."

"Let's start now." Durunik said, and placed the drone onto a suitable takeoff track.

"Set off!!"

Yuan Shichen shouted, pressed the start button of the remote control in his hand, and the Mars drone immediately trembled its wings and dived towards the depths of the canyon.

“Start flight mode.”

Mars drones have intelligent driving systems and the ability to independently judge obstacles, which can safely and effectively avoid most dangerous areas.

When the Mars drone disappeared from the field of vision of Yuan Shichen and Durunik, they could only operate on the video screen on the display screen, and the video screen information was synchronized in real time with the cameras installed on the drone.

"There are several canyons 'flowing in' on the Chris Plain, and it should be the Kasai Canyon and the God of War Canyon"

"These teardrop-shaped 'islands' at the end of the canyon are likely to be eroded by water flow."

"After the formation of the Mariner Canyon, perhaps hundreds of millions of years ago, there was a powerful current that changed the terrain here.

"Do you think there may be signs of life at the bottom of the canyon?"

"God knows, but Mingqi will definitely be interested in this place."

"We are about to return to Earth, and these missions can only be handed over to future Mars science teams."

With Durunik's cooperation, Harashikan controlled the drone to shuttle back and forth at the bottom of the Mariner Canyon.

This feeling reminded Harashi Chen of the model aircraft toys he played with when he was a child

The last month is still left before the Mars Science Exploration Team returns to Earth.

In the last month, the Mars scientific exploration team finally completed all scientific research projects within the Mars exploration program.

This Mars scientific exploration operation has achieved outstanding results that everyone unexpectedly has achieved. This operation will surely be recorded in the history of the development of human civilization and will shine through the ages.

The only regrettable thing is that the Mars team was unable to take away any core components of [Source of Creation] in the end.

However, the Mars science team has collected a large number of scientific research samples on [Source of Creation] in accordance with the requirements and suggestions of the Earth Science team.
Chapter completed!