Extremely fresh crater (1400-meter diameter, 77.048°N, 200.110°E), exhibiting spectacular streamers of ejected material. The darker, lace-like pattern is thought to form as melted rock is sprayed from the final collapse of the transient cavity and deposited on the earlier-formed ejecta blanket. Image width diameter 1400 meters, incidence angle 77°, NAC M1211844032L,R acquired on 05 March 2016. Full resolution view of a lace-like deposit of impact melt. Image width diameter 1400 meters, incidence angle 77°, NAC M1211844032L,R acquired on 05 March 2016.
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Published by Mark Robinson on 22 May 2026