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Utopia Cracks and Polygons

April 24, 2003
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a pattern of polygonal cracks and aligned, elliptical pits in western Utopia Planitia on Mars.

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-339, 23 April 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a pattern of polygonal cracks and aligned, elliptical pits in western Utopia Planitia. The picture covers an area about 3 km (about 1.9 mi) wide near 44.9°N, 274.7°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left.

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