
The small mounds with summit depressions in the northern part of this NASA Mars Odyssey image have an unknown origin. Some scientists think they may be cinder cones, while others think they may be pseudocraters, formed by the interaction of lava and ice.
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NASA ID
PIA04456
Date Created
April 4, 2003
Center
JPL
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