Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Triplet Crater

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Location: -10.1N, 100.3E	Released: 2008-04-28
Image Size: 18.1 x 64.2 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Context image for 20080428a

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Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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It is not uncommon for multiple pieces of a meteor to impact Mars close together at the same time. When this happens, the craters that are formed overlap and the force of the impacts results in a linear wall separating the side-by-side form-at-the-same-time craters. This image shows where three craters were created simultaneously.