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A slow pan across a top-down orbital view of an impact crater with steep, sharply defined walls, radial ridges, and a central depression filled with rippled sand dunes. The surrounding terrain is a mix of outcrops, weathered slopes, and smaller impact craters, with subtle variations in color and texture across the landscape.

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A slow pan across a top-down orbital view of an impact crater with steep, sharply defined walls, radial ridges, and a central depression filled with rippled sand dunes. The surrounding terrain is a mix of outcrops, weathered slopes, and smaller impact craters, with subtle variations in color and texture across the landscape.

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Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 07:17:14 JST Wonder of Science

An impact crater, roughly 1.5 km wide, on the surface of Mars, captured by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 257 km above the planets surface.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Uarizona

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