
This MOC image shows a pedestal a pancake or pedestal crater on the martian northern plains. The rocky ejecta from the crater protected the underlying material from being stripped away by wind, leaving ejecta standing higher than surrounding terrain
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NASA ID
PIA08635
Date Created
July 31, 2006
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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