Flow on the Rim of Tooting Crater

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This oblique view from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a small part of the near-rim ejecta from Tooting Crater. The flow extending from upper left to lower right looks much like a typical lava flow, but doesn't emanate from a volcanic vent.

Instead, this must be either melted rock from the impact event, or a wet debris flow from melting of ice. The surface is dusty so color variations are minor.

This is a stereo pair with ESP_016135_2030 .

The map is projected here at a scale of 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) per pixel. [The original image scale is 32.6 centimeters (12.8 inches) per pixel (with 1 x 1 binning); objects on the order of 98 centimeters (38.6 inches) across are resolved.] North is up.

Background Info:

The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

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