Crater Comparison

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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These two craters show the two types of crater interiors found on Mars - original and modified. The crater on the right has its original bowl shape. The crater of the left has had its interior modified by an infilling of lava.

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Context

Image ID:

V14497018 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 27.5658

Longitude: 194.454

Orbit Number: 14497

Captured: 2005-03-21 18:30

Posted to Web: Mon, 2005-07-18

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 584 pixels (21 km)

Image Height: 532 pixels (19 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.037258 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.037528 km/pixel

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