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Context Camera Views an Impact Crater in Amazonis Planitia
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This meteoroid impact crater on Mars was discovered using the black-and-white Context Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The Context Camera took this image showing the impact, which occurred Dec. 24, 2021, in a region called Amazonis Planitia. Relying on data from the Mars Color Imager camera, also aboard MRO, along with seismic data from NASA's InSight lander, scientists were able to determine when this particular crater formed.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineContext Camera Views an Impact Crater in Amazonis Planitia. NASA/JPL, 2022-10-27. Public domain. ID: PIA25584.
