
There is a circular feature in this observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft that appears to stand above the surrounding terrain. This feature is probably an inverted crater that was filled in with sediment. The fill became indurated, or hardened, until it was more resistant to subsequent erosion than the surrounding material. Other craters in this image are not inverted or substantially infilled. This suggests that they were formed after the events that filled in and later exposed the inverted crater. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20729
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NASA ID
PIA20729
Date Created
June 1, 2016
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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