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UNnamed "Pedestal Crater"
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Caption NASA originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows a "pancake" or "pedestal" crater on the Martian Northern Plains. The rocky ejecta from the crater protected the underlying material from being stripped away by wind, leaving the ejecta standing higher than the surrounding terrain. The rocks in the ejecta are not too clearly seen today, especially at the 6 mt (~20 feet) per pixel scale of this image, in part because they have been covered up by later, mantling material".
Location near: 60,0° North; 265,6° West
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring
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