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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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At some point in the past the majority of this crater and its ejecta were covered by a layer of loose material. The wind has been winnowing away the loose material to reveal the old crater and it's ejecta blanket. This process is called exhumation.

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Context

Image ID: 
V06496024 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
11.4604
219.374
6496
2003-06-02 01:34
Wed, 2007-10-24
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (65 km)
0.018026 km/pixel
0.018157 km/pixel

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