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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wonderofscience ("Wonder of Science") wrote:

An impact crater, roughly 1.5 km wide, on the surface of Mars, captured by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 257 km above the planets surface.

Credit: NASA/JPL/Uarizona

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• gifv: A slow pan across a top-down orbital view of an impact crater with steep, sharply defined walls, radial ridges, and a central depression filled with rippled sand dunes. The surrounding terrain is a mix of outcrops, weathered slopes, and smaller impact craters, with subtle variations in color and texture across the landscape.