Science and Exploration

Ridges Near Vernal Crater On Mars

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
January 6, 2022
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Ridges Near Vernal Crater On Mars
Ridges Near Vernal Crater
NASA/HiRISE

In this scene, there is contact between a ridged unit and a presumably underlying non-ridged unit.
Our high resolution observation can help to see if ridges penetrate both units or are confined to just the upper unit. The 55-kilometer diameter Vernal Crater, where hot springs may have once existed, is to the east of this image.

ID: ESP_065223_1855
date: 25 June 2020
altitude: 272 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065223_1855
NASA/JPL/UArizona

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