161-valles-kasei-1-dixon – This astronomical illustration presents a dramatic vertical view of Kasei Valles on Mars, a massive outflow channel system carved by ancient liquid floods. The composition is dominated by a smooth, wide channel bed cutting diagonally across the middle ground, flanked by rugged, heavily eroded rock terraces and dark, craggy boulder fields in the foreground. In the distance, prominent mountain ridges and flat-topped mesas rise beneath a deep, gradients-of-ochre Martian sky, showcasing the vast scale of martian cataclysmic geology., based on a sketch made below Zabriskie's Point in Death Valley, 1988
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