Ejecta Erosion

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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The ejecta blanket created around impact craters is often much more resistant to erosion than the surrounding surface materials. In this case of a crater near Meridiani Planum the ejecta material is creating isolated highs as the surrounding surface is eroded.

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Context

Image ID:

V38600021 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 6.85103

Longitude: 351.869

Orbit Number: 38600

Captured: 2010-08-27 16:09

Posted to Web: Thu, 2010-09-23

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017891 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018021 km/pixel

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