Delta Deposit at Jezero Crater (IMAGE)

Brown University

Delta Deposit at Jezero Crater

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Jezero Crater on Mars was home to an ancient lake system. Two inlet channels that fed the lake have large delta-like formations where sediment was dumped in the lake. Those deltas record the history of two separate water events in the Jezero region.

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