Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Crater in the Mangala Valles Region (Released 26 May 2003)

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Location: -6.0N, 206.7E	Released: 2003-05-26
Image Size: 18.4 x 65.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20030526a

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Wide context image for 20030526a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Just south of the 2 km high main mass of the Medusae Fossae Formation, in a region dissected by channels, lies an unnamed crater that may have been filled by mud. A channel spills into this crater on its eastern side and may have delivered the material that now covers the floor of the crater. The subdued ridges may be wrinkle ridges in a preexisting lava flow that are now covered by a layer of sediment. The cracked surface is evidence for the subsequent deposition of mud.