Crater with a Corner

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows an unnamed crater located in Tempe Terra. This region east of Alba Mons is heavily dissected by tectonic graben. These tectonic features can direct impact energy along the fracture, causing the resultant crater to not be round. The visible corner of this crater is perfectly aligned with the graben located nearby.

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Context

Latitude: 41.1417

Longitude: 292.239

Orbit Number: 105583

Captured: 2025-10-02 23:55

Posted to Web: Mon, 2026-07-13

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (69 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.019171 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019023 km/pixel

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