Ice-Filled Crater

circular crater seen from above
January 8, 2020
CreditNASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Historical DateDecember 2, 2019
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged this relatively young, ice-filled crater near the north pole of Mars in December 2019. The HiRISE camera aboard the orbiter can resolve very fine details on the surface — this crater is only about 650 feet (200 meters) across.