Claritas Fossae

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Claritas Fossae is very degraded. This indicates that this crater is very ancient and has been subjected to erosion and subsequent bombardment from other impactors such as asteroids and comets. One of these later (younger) craters is seen in the upper right of this image superimposed upon the older crater rim material. Note that this smaller younger crater rim is sharper and more intact than the older crater rim. This region is also mantled with a blanket of dust. This dust mantle causes the underlying topography to take on a more subdued appearance.

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Context

Image ID: 
V01989003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-35.0853
256.779
1989
2002-05-26 23:55
Thu, 2002-06-20
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017169 km/pixel
0.017294 km/pixel

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