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Young Impact

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small, relatively young impact crater in the Xanthe Terra region of Mars. Boulders can be seen in the crater ejecta deposit.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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27 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a small, relatively young impact crater in the Xanthe Terra region of Mars. Boulders can be seen in the crater ejecta deposit.

Location near: 2.3°N, 57.8°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

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