Crater in Nighttime IR

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This nighttime IR image is of a small crater. Note the bright and dark portions of it's ejecta blanket. With ballistic emplacement of ejecta, larger (heavier) material falls closer to the crater rim than smaller material. This is clearly represented in the nighttime IR, where rockier material is warmer/ brighter and finer material is darker/cooler.

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Context

Image ID: 
I02028002 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-6.4581
23.9665
2028
2002-05-30 05:41
Mon, 2004-12-06
IR
320 pixels (31 km)
845 pixels (85 km)
0.100742 km/pixel
0.098 km/pixel

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