
The European Space Agency’s
Mars Express mission has been returning highly detailed and beautiful pictures of Mars, thanks to the stereo cameras the spacecraft is equipped with. A
recent article in Universe Today highlights a new image of the Nicholson Crater on Mars.
This crater is 100 km (62 km) across and has a very large raised central mount. Large craters often have this kind of central peak, which forms when material rebounds after a meteor impact, but Nicholson Crater’s peak is heavily eroded by wind and water.
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1 comment
Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 2:44 pm
Ben
Is there an explanation for the green belt directly to the north of the central mount?