HiPOD: Thursday, 29 July 2021
Monitoring New Impact Site

Monitoring an Impact Site
What appeared as a dark spot in a Context Camera image was later confirmed by a HiRISE picture in 2014 to be a new impact crater. It likely formed between March and November 2008. This image, at full resolution, is a repeat to detect any changes that, while small, could be more apparent in enhanced color.

ID: ESP_063855_1855
date: 11 March 2020
altitude: 266 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_063855_1855
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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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.