Is this depression possibly associated with a process that involved the emplacement of a “hot” non-ambient ejecta deposit from the crater to the northeast of this location? This kind of formation is something we’ve not seen before. The crater is 99 kilometers in diameter and is named for American astronomer William Hussey.

ID: ESP_065241_1265
date: 27 June 2020
altitude: 250 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065241_1265
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