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Two Young Craters
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This image caught two different targets at once! In the top (northern) part there is a geologically-young crater about 300 meters in diameter, with rocky ejecta. The crater looks very fresh and steep and is not buried or filled in with the smooth deposits that cover the region. Craters like this tell us what is in the shallow subsurface and are very valuable for understanding the geology. In the bottom (southern) part is a smaller crater, only about 15 meters across.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineTwo Young Craters. NASA/JPL, 2020-04-17. Public domain. ID: PIA23852.
