In Utopia Planitia on Mars, that is. A Context Camera image shows that this crater is fresh enough to still have bright rays and ejecta, yet is heavily (and strangely) modified. A closer look, especially at any boulders and polygons, can help us study the terrain in better detail, as well as helping to understand what processes are at work here.

ID: ESP_064494_2250
date: 29 April 2020
altitude: 300 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_064494_2250
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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