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Icy Erosion
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This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows an interesting collection of kilometer-scale craters with flat and smooth floors. The craters themselves may be the result of secondary impacts, craters caused by debris from a distant larger impact. Since then, the surface has been significantly modified and reworked, muting the craters and flattening their floors. Presently, there are a few sand dunes and a broad overlay of a dusty soil mantle.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineIcy Erosion. NASA/JPL, 2015-12-23. Public domain. ID: PIA20288.