Friday, August 14, 2009

Beautiful Crater on Mars

Here's a wonderful view of Victoria Crater on Mars, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. One of the Mars rovers spent about two years prowling around the edge of this crater.



I love how its structure is so much like that of a drop of water:



I have sometimes wondered if anyone could ever predict the existence (and number) of these crown points at the top of the recoil.

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