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Athabasca Valles (3-D)

Athabasca Valles is a large channel carved by giant outbursts of groundwater somewhere between 2 and 30 million years ago.

May 29, 2012

Athabasca Valles is a large channel carved by giant outbursts of groundwater somewhere between 2 and 30 million years ago. These streamlined "islands" were carved by the massive floodwaters

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