This HiRISE image shows a fresh crater with bright, colorful ejecta. The flattish floor is likely due to the impact excavating through the wind-shaped ridges to stronger material below, since bedrock shows through 200 meters to the west; such morphologies are commonly produced by strength contrasts of different geologic units.

ID: ESP_063891_1785
date: 13 March 2020
altitude: 270 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_063891_1785
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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