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NASA image: Bouldery Impact Ejecta
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Nov 29, 2004

Bouldery Impact Ejecta

Bouldery Impact Ejecta

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NASA image: Impact Crater with Ejecta Blanket
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Feb 18, 2005

Impact Crater with Ejecta Blanket

Impact Crater with Ejecta Blanket

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NASA image: Crater Ejecta and Chains of Secondary Impacts
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Oct 1, 2009

Crater Ejecta and Chains of Secondary Impacts

Crater Ejecta and Chains of Secondary Impacts

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NASA image: Small Impact Craters with Dark Ejecta Deposits
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Sep 18, 2000

Small Impact Craters with Dark Ejecta Deposits

Small Impact Craters with Dark Ejecta Deposits

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NASA image: Small, Fresh Impact Crater With Dark Ejecta
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Jun 15, 1998

Small, Fresh Impact Crater With Dark Ejecta

Small, Fresh Impact Crater With Dark Ejecta

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NASA image: Raining Rocks
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Feb 1, 2017

Raining Rocks

Impact ejecta is material that is thrown up and out of the surface of a planet as a result of the impact of an...

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NASA image: Impact Ejecta Deposits Covering Underlying Topography
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Feb 17, 2012

Impact Ejecta Deposits Covering Underlying Topography

This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows impact ejecta deposits dominating asteroid Vesta landscape. This impact...

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NASA image: Colorful Impact Ejecta from Hargraves Crater
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May 8, 2017

Colorful Impact Ejecta from Hargraves Crater

The collision that created Hargraves Crater impacted into diverse bedrock lithologies of ancient Mars; the impact...

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NASA image: Well-Preserved Impact Ejecta and Impact Melt-Rich Deposits in Terra Sabaea
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Jan 12, 2017

Well-Preserved Impact Ejecta and Impact Melt-Rich Deposits in Terra Sabaea

This image of a well-preserved unnamed elliptical crater in Terra Sabaea, is illustrative of the complexity of...

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NASA image: A New Impact Crater with Bright Ejecta
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May 24, 2021

A New Impact Crater with Bright Ejecta

The Context Camera onboard MRO has been discovering new impact sites on Mars, followed up with HiRISE images....

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NASA image: Intricate Young Ejecta Blanket in Ancient Murchison Crater
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Feb 9, 2010

Intricate Young Ejecta Blanket in Ancient Murchison Crater

Overlapping petals of bright ejecta illustrate the complexity of ejecta emplacement, even in smaller impact events...

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NASA image: Impact Melt Flows on Giordano Bruno
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Dec 15, 2009

Impact Melt Flows on Giordano Bruno

Frozen impact melt flows on the ejecta blanket of the young impact crater Giordano Bruno in this image from NASA...

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NASA image: Crater Ejecta
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Jun 5, 2012

Crater Ejecta

This image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft contains a relatively young crater and its ejecta. Layering in the...

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NASA image: Arabia Terra
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Feb 10, 2003

Arabia Terra

This image from NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an impact crater with a rampart ejecta blanket in Arabia Terra.

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NASA image: A Fresh Crater near Sirenum Fossae
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Jun 3, 2015

A Fresh Crater near Sirenum Fossae

This impact crater, as seen by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, appears relatively recent as it has a sharp rim and...

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NASA image: Radial Grooves
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Oct 31, 2006

Radial Grooves

The surface of the ejecta surrounding this crater is scored with fine radial grooves. The grooves were formed during...

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NASA image: Pits in Hale Crater Ejecta
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Jan 28, 2015

Pits in Hale Crater Ejecta

The pits visible in this image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arent impact craters. The material they are...

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NASA image: Gone in a Flash
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Jul 4, 2005

Gone in a Flash

This image shows the initial ejecta that resulted when NASA Deep Impact probe collided with comet Tempel 1 on July...

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NASA image: Resurfaced Mars
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Jan 9, 2003

Resurfaced Mars

This area of Mars imaged by NASA Mars Odyssey shows a wonderful example of relative geologic dating. Ancient lava...

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NASA image: Comet Ejecta in Aerogel
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Feb 21, 2006

Comet Ejecta in Aerogel

This image from NASA shows a particle impact on the aluminum frame that holds the aerogel tiles. The debris from the...

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NASA image: Sunken and Pitted Ejecta
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Apr 30, 2014

Sunken and Pitted Ejecta

The objective of this observation by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was to examine the edge of impact ejecta from...

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NASA image: Ejecta Erosion
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Sep 23, 2010

Ejecta Erosion

The ejecta blanket created around impact craters is often much more resistant to erosion than surrounding surface...

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NASA image: Pedestal Crater Development
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Jul 1, 2015

Pedestal Crater Development

In this image, we see an approximately 500-meter crater that is fairly fresh (in geological terms), but the ejecta...

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NASA image: Venus - Impact Crater Jeanne
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Nov 20, 1996

Venus - Impact Crater Jeanne

This full-resolution image from NASA Magellan spacecraft shows Jeanne crater, a 19.5 kilometer (12 mile) diameter...

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