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A Dragonfly-Shaped Crater
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The broader scene for this image is the fluidized ejecta from Bakhuysen Crater to the southwest, but there's something very interesting going on here on a much smaller scale. A small impact crater, about 25 meters in diameter, with a gouged-out trench extends to the south. The ejecta (rocky material ejected from the crater) mostly extends to the east and west of the crater. This "butterfly" ejecta is very common for craters formed at low impact angles.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineA Dragonfly-Shaped Crater. NASA/JPL, 2017-02-10. Public domain. ID: PIA21454.
