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March 2, 2006
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an impact crater located in Terra Sabaea on Mars. South of the impact crater is a second, more subdued circular feature which is probably an ancient impact crater that was buried and only partially exhumed.

2 March 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters (~5 feet) per pixel view of an impact crater that is approximately 3 km (9840 ft) in diameter. It is located in southwestern Terra Sabaea. South (toward the bottom of the image) of the impact crater is a second, more subdued circular feature which is probably an ancient impact crater that was buried and only partially exhumed, a common occurrence on Mars.

Location near: 21.9°S, 338.6°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer

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