Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse Planitia
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 19:14
in Astronomy & Space
An example of a rampart crater is the ridge in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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