
Not all images are round as shown by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Here, the surface likely had fractures or preexisting tectonic features that diverted some of the impact stresses along those features and resulted in the straighter east and north
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NASA ID
PIA15916
Date Created
August 7, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
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