4 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
image shows a circular feature on the martian northern plains. It was once
a crater formed by meteoritic impact. It was completely filled and buried
by and within layered material. Later, the layered materials have begun to
be eroded away, re-exposing the old crater rims in the process.
Location near: 44.9°N, 264.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn