MRO Images Rampart Craters on Mars

Using its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has recently snapped some amazing photos of unique features on the surface of the Red Planet, fluidized-ejecta craters (also known as rampart craters). The geological formations, w... [ read more >> ]

An image of a distal rampart of a crater in Chryse Planitia on Mars

Image comment: An image of a distal rampart of a crater in Chryse Planitia on Mars
Image credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona

An image of a distal rampart of a crater in Chryse Planitia on Mars