The circular depressions prevalent throughout this scene from NASA Mars Odyssey at first glance appear to be craters, but are they? Could they be pits formed by devolatilization? It is not clear. Scientists are studying these features in search of answe
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NASA ID
PIA04461
Date Created
April 15, 2003
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
Mars Odyssey Orbiter By the Numbers
Oct 20, 2021