onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com A Brand New Impact Crater on Mars
onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com A Brand New Impact Crater on Mars
This beautiful new photo from NASA's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera shows the blast-tastic remains of a recent impact on the Red Planet, thought to have occurred somewhere between 2010 and 2012.
Via HiRISE:
Our image shows a large, rayed blast zone and far-flung secondary material around an approximately 30 meter-diameter crater, indicating a large explosion threw debris as far as 15 kilometers in distance. Because the terrain where the crater formed is dusty, the fresh crater appears blue in the enhanced color due to the lack of reddish dust.
Grab a copy for yourself in (very) hi-res over at HiRISE.
onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com A Brand New Impact Crater on Mars