Crater Ejecta

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This THEMIS image provides a beautiful example of crater ejecta. Note the radial 'spokes' on the top of the ejecta blanket surrounding the crater. These surface features ('spokes' and ejecta blanket) are formed during the ballistic emplacement of ejecta and other materials as they were thrown out of the crater due to the force of the impact.

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Context

Image ID: 
V04570015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
34.6079
326.05
4570
2002-12-25 12:27
Tue, 2005-07-26
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (68 km)
0.018757 km/pixel
0.018894 km/pixel

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