Crater Upon Crater

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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A pair of craters just north of the Hellas Basin demonstrate the rugged topography that can result when an impact occurs on the rim of an existing crater.

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Context

Image ID:

V04218003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -26.4142

Longitude: 56.6291

Orbit Number: 4218

Captured: 2002-11-26 11:27

Posted to Web: Thu, 2002-12-05

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017125 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.01725 km/pixel

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