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Exposing Colorful Deep Bedrock
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Large impacts produce uplifted central structures, either peaks, or pits, or an uplifted peak with a central pit. This crater south of Aurorae Chaos has a central pit exposing bedrock units with diverse colors, indicating diverse rock compositions. This crater includes clay-rich minerals identified by the CRISM instrument on MRO. See this enhanced-color cutout over the eastern half of the central pit.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineExposing Colorful Deep Bedrock. NASA/JPL, 2020-02-14. Public domain. ID: PIA23737.
