HiRISE: Diverse minerals in crater ejecta

tumblr_p164cbjgPa1rlz4gso1_1280Diverse minerals in crater ejecta. The CRISM instrument on MRO (a spectrometer) show blocks of diverse composition here in the ejecta of a 15-kilometer diameter complex crater. HiRISE coverage can reveal textures and small-scale color variations.

Beautiful Mars series.

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