- Original Caption Released with Image:
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18 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a
ring marking the location of a nearly-filled, nearly-buried impact crater
on the martian northern plains. Remnants of bright, seasonal frost occur
in some polygonal cracks on the plain.
Location near: 62.9°N, 96.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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