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Crater in Nili Fossae - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
A crater located in Mars' Nili Fossae region. The material filling this crater is slowly being removed by the headward erosion of a channel network. The surrounding landscape is composed of extremely ancient materials which have reacted extensively with water to create an assortment of clay minerals and mineralized veins.
This image was created using the CRISM imaging spectrometer. Each pixel of a CRISM image contains a 500 point spectrum, from which a color can be reconstructed. This reconstructed color was overlaid on a higher-resolution image taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera (CTX), which simultaneously took a photo while CRISM was collecting data.
This image was taken on January 13, 2007. It uses CRISM observation FRT00003E12 and CTX observation P03_002176_2024_XI_22N28.
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / MSSS / Aster Cowart
Crater in Nili Fossae - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
A crater located in Mars' Nili Fossae region. The material filling this crater is slowly being removed by the headward erosion of a channel network. The surrounding landscape is composed of extremely ancient materials which have reacted extensively with water to create an assortment of clay minerals and mineralized veins.
This image was created using the CRISM imaging spectrometer. Each pixel of a CRISM image contains a 500 point spectrum, from which a color can be reconstructed. This reconstructed color was overlaid on a higher-resolution image taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera (CTX), which simultaneously took a photo while CRISM was collecting data.
This image was taken on January 13, 2007. It uses CRISM observation FRT00003E12 and CTX observation P03_002176_2024_XI_22N28.
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / MSSS / Aster Cowart