Hale Crater

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of the floor of Hale Crater and the elongate axis of the central peak mountains. Hale Crater is an example of an oblique impact crater. The mountain chain trends from the southeast towards the northwest, increasing in height towards the northwest. The incoming meteor struck the surface along this trend, forming an oval crater and displacing the impact energy forward to create the central mountain range. Hale Crater is located near the northern part of Argye Plainitia.

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Context

Image ID: 
V74954005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-35.5134
323.598
74954
2018-11-06 22:53
Fri, 2019-01-11
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
3744 pixels (129 km)
0.034639 km/pixel
0.0352678 km/pixel

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