Impact Crater

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The relatively flat floor and terrace walls of this impact crater suggest the crater was partly infilled with sediment and subsequently eroded to its present day form. This type of observation is evidence for environmental change throughout the geologic history of Mars.

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Context

Image ID: 
V04177005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
18.0894
136.265
4177
2002-11-23 04:11
Tue, 2003-01-14
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (66 km)
0.018176 km/pixel
0.018308 km/pixel

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