Overview

• The film mosaics single‑orbit images from Mars Express’s High Resolution Stereo Camera with a digital terrain model to create a detailed 3D tour.
• Central to the flyover is Shalbatana Vallis, a roughly 1,300‑kilometer outflow channel descending from Xanthe Terra toward the northern lowlands.
• Scientists interpret these channel systems as products of colossal flood events in Mars’ distant past, potentially involving melting of subsurface ice by volcanism.
• Viewers cross the planet’s pronounced dichotomy boundary and finish over the 100‑kilometer‑wide Da Vinci impact crater.
• Mars Express has operated since 2003 with multiple extensions, delivering comprehensive atmospheric maps and close studies of the moon Phobos.