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Colorful Impact Ejecta in Ladon Valles

Colorful Impact Ejecta in Ladon Valles
This image covers the western portion of a well-preserved (recent) impact crater in Ladon Basin. Ladon is filled by diverse materials including chemically-altered sediments and unaltered lava, so the impact event ejected and deposited a wide range of elements.

ID: ESP_058565_1620
date: 23 January 2019
altitude: 261 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_058565_1620
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.