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Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This image was taken by the Mercury Mine 5th grade Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP) team in order to answer the question - Is there water erosion on crater walls? It is located at Hale Crater, lat. 33.1S and long. 324.4E. It shows a crater wall with smaller craters and groves.

This MSIP team consists of 22 5th graders at Mercury Mine Elementary in the Paradise Valley school district. Our instructor is Mr. Collins. We started the program in early October 2003 and went to ASU in March of 2004. All in all we had a GREAT time!

NOTE: The above caption was written by the MSIP team that targeted this image. There has been no editing of content by ASU. NASA and Arizona State University's Mars Education Program is offering students nationwide the opportunity to be involved in authentic Mars research by participating in the Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP). Teams of students in grades 5 through college sophomore level have the opportunity to work with scientists, mission planners and educators on the THEMIS team at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility, to image a site on Mars using the THEMIS visible wavelength camera. For more information go to the MSIP website: http://msip.asu.edu.