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Depressions and Channels on the Floor of Lyot Crater
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Lyot Crater (220-kilometers in diameter) is located in the Northern lowlands of Mars. The crater's floor marks the lowest elevation in the Northern Hemisphere as seen in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). On the crater's floor, we see a network of channels. connecting a series of irregular shaped pits. These resemble terrestrial beaded streams, which are common in the Arctic regions of Earth and develop from uneven permafrost thawing.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineDepressions and Channels on the Floor of Lyot Crater. NASA/JPL, 2017-12-12. Public domain. ID: PIA22186.
