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Pair of Craters

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a pair of small meteor impact craters in the Arena Colles region of Mars, located north of Isidis Planitia.
PIA03998
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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14 July 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters per pixel (~5 ft/pixel) view of a pair of small meteor impact craters in the Arena Colles region of Mars, located north of Isidis Planitia.

Location near: 22.7°N, 278.5°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn