Relatively Young

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows half of an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra. The complex rim and rough floor are indicative of a relatively young crater. With time and erosion, craters fill in with sediment, creating flatter floors and smoothing the overall topography.

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Context

Image ID:

V74609025 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -41.686

Longitude: 16.3177

Orbit Number: 74609

Captured: 2018-10-09 13:27

Posted to Web: Thu, 2018-11-29

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01714 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0173052 km/pixel

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