New 8 Meter Crater on Mars (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

New 8 Meter Crater on Mars

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The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image of a new, 8-meter (26-foot)-diameter meteorite impact crater in the topographically flat, dark plains within Vastitas Borealis, Mars, on November 1, 2008. The crater was made sometime after Jan. 26, 2008. Bright water ice was excavated by, and now surrounds, the crater. This entire image is 50 meters (164 feet) across.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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