HiPOD: Monday, 8 June 2020
Circular Feature in South Polar Residual Cap

Impact or Not?
This 4-kilometer wide, 40-meter deep circular feature in the southern polar region of Mars might not be an impact crater, but a formation caused by a gradual caving in and later collapse.

ID: ESP_056512_0930
date: 16 August 2018
altitude: 247 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_056512_0930
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.