
The odd ridges in this image from NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located on the floor of an unnamed impact crater. The ridges probably formed when a resistant material filled in cracks in a less-resistant material that has since been eroded away.
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NASA ID
PIA08075
Date Created
April 14, 2006
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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