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Pedestal Crater Development
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In this image, we see an approximately 500-meter crater that is fairly fresh (in geological terms), but the ejecta is already high-standing. Could this be an indication of early stage of pedestal development? A pedestal crater is when the ejecta from an impact settles around the new crater and is more erosion-resistant than the surrounding terrain.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit linePedestal Crater Development. NASA/JPL, 2015-07-01. Public domain. ID: PIA19849.
