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Banded Terrain in Hellas Planitia
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This image shows a portion of an enigmatic formation called banded terrain, which is only observed in the northwest of the Hellas basin. This basin was formed by a giant impact around 4 billion years ago. It is the deepest impact basin on the planet, and banded terrain is in the deepest part of the basin (at elevations around 7 kilometers).
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineBanded Terrain in Hellas Planitia. NASA/JPL, 2021-11-29. Public domain. ID: PIA24947.
