This potential crater cluster has the largest cluster member of approximately 40 meters. Determining to what extent this is a cluster versus modification from carbon dioxide ice processes is key for understanding the South Polar layered deposits impact record and also break-up processes of bolides in Mars’ atmosphere.

ID: ESP_076556_0970
date: 25 November 2022
altitude: 246 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076556_0970
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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