Queen Amytis had her Hanging Gardens in Babylon, and Mars has its hanging crater! This impact crater appears to be dangling off the wall of a mesa in Deuteronilus Mensae. This is an unusual view, and pictures like this will help us understand the effects of crater impacts.
Dark
Light
Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_064510_2260
Related Posts
Possible Clays and Chlorides near Columbus Crater
Data from other instruments, such as THEMIS and CRISM, imply that chlorides are present here; the CRISM data reveal that iron/magnesium clays are also present.
Layers in Meridiani Planum
Also visible in a Context Camera image, our high resolution picture shows layers exposed where the crater ejecta has been eroded.
Exposed Fractured Bedrock in the Central Pit of a Crater
This HiRISE image shows the central pit feature of an approximately 20-kilometer diameter complex crater in located at 304.480 degrees east, -11.860 degrees south, just north of the Valles Marineris.
Layers in a Crater
Located to the north of Cassini Crater, the objective of this observation is to confirm the presence of…