Grooved Crater
About this image
This VIS image shows an unnamed crater located in Utopia Planitia. The surface of the ejecta contains radial grooves, visible on both the thicker near crater ejecta and the outer thin ejecta layer. The formation mechanism for the grooves is still unknown but several theories exist including basal surge flows and air pressure rock entrianment.
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Context
Image ID:
V79023007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
33.0045
86.1051
79023
2019-10-08 01:53
Wed, 2019-11-13
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (68 km)
0.018847 km/pixel
0.0191187 km/pixel