Mars fresh crater

Published September 17, 2010 at 1152 × 886 in This is such a blast!
This fresh crater in Arabia Terra region of Mars was taken by the Mars Global Surveyor sometime between 1997 and 2007. The dark material around the crater is from the expanding shock wave of the impact. The long rays and dark spots are secondary impacts when material from the crust was thrown from outward from the explosion. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS

This fresh crater in Arabia Terra region of Mars was taken by the Mars Global Surveyor sometime between 1997 and 2007. The dark material around the crater is from the expanding shock wave of the impact. The long rays and dark spots are secondary impacts when material from the crust was thrown from outward from the explosion. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS

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