By: ArtAlienTV-Gigapans
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona ⧉
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Uploaded: 15 Apr 2024
Last Updated: 15 Apr 2024

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This 2.5-kilometer diameter crater has been significantly altered from the usual bowl-shaped appearance we associate with craters. Material has covered significant portions of the ejecta and filled in the crater. This fill material has since been subject to erosion—like boulders weathering out of the slopes—and the crater rim is also highly irregular. This crater is located in Elysium Planitia, an area dominated by volcanic processes. It’s likely that the crater fill material is volcanic in origin, and possible that the rim was etched by lava, either flowing into the crater or spilling over after the crater filled completely. However, there are also signs of erosion by wind, like the parallel ridges in the rim breaches and between high-standing regions of the crater fill. It’s likely that the current appearance of this crater is due to a combination of surface processes. Written by: Nicole Baugh (narration: Tre Gibbs) (9 October 2017) > The image has had -20% brightness and 40% contrast applied for better shape definition. > My enhanced image clips are subject to copyright but the gigapan image is Creative Commons: Attribution. All these finds must be credited to ArtAlienTV unless stated otherwise. > Please Donate with PAYPAL and help this important research. Send payments to: [email protected] Very much appreciated however small 😊👍