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Crater Delta
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Today's VIS image shows two unnamed channels on the western edge of Claritas Fossae. The small channel joins the larger one close the the crater rim. The main channel has formed a delta in the crater. Deltas are formed when sediment laden rivers slow down – either due to a flattening of topography, or entering a standing body of water. The reduction in velocity causes the sediments to be deposited.
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Credit lineCrater Delta. NASA/JPL, 2023-01-10. Public domain. ID: PIA25747.
