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These two impact craters near Deuteronilus Mensae dominate the center of this observation, also visible in Context Camera images.

Both are fairly small and geologically young (hence “fresh”) but the flower-like ejecta of one of them is what stands out here. A collection of boulders surround both. 


Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_064497_2250
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