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Mysterious Crater Deposits
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HiRISE images often raise more questions than answers. For example, this image of the northern plains of Arabia Terra shows craters that contain curious deposits with mysterious shapes and distribution. The deposits are found only in craters larger than 600 meters in diameter and are absent from craters measuring 450 meters and less. The deposits are located on the south sides of the craters but not in the north (although the cutout shows a crater that also has windblown deposits in the north).
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMysterious Crater Deposits. NASA/JPL, 2022-12-22. Public domain. ID: PIA25703.
