Fresh Impact Crater in Utopia Planitia (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)

This fresh Unnamed Crater is located in the Northern Mid-Latitudes. It is designated as fresh because of its very sharp rim.
The Crater has experienced some modification since it formed, including a few tiny craters on the South Wall.
The rough texture of the floor is suggestive of ground ice, which is expected to exist in the Mid-Latitudes. Ground ice aids gravity in moving material from the Crater Walls towards the center. Material is visible slumping off the North-Western Crater Wall in this fashion. The wavy texture of the center of the Crater floor suggests that material has been transported from the walls and merged in the center.


Mars Local Time: 15:42 (middle afternoon)
Coord. (centered): 36,0° North Lat. and 80,5° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 292,7 Km (such as about 182,9 miles)
Original image scale range: 58,6 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~1,76 mt across are resolved
Map projected scale: 50 cm/pixel
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission Angle: 2,9°
Phase Angle: 59,7°
Solar Incidence Angle: 62° (meaning that the Sun is about 28° above the Local Horizon)
Solar Longitude: 178,5° (Northern Summer)
Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Additional process. and coloring: Lunar Explorer Italia