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Martian Crater

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Martian Crater

This crater on northern Elysium Planitia is a little more than twice the diameter of the famous Meteor Crater in Arizona, U.S.A. It formed by the impact and subsequent explosion of a meteorite. Picture from MOC in July 1998.

Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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