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A panoramic view of Mars’ Utopia Planitia region with a massive impact crater as seen by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter .'s Sahara Desert from north to south. Interesting ice-related features on and below the surface of the crater lend insight on the Red Planet’s watery past, according tohave inflicted upon the Red Planet," ESA officials said in the statement."Water, volcanoes and impacts from asteroids shaped the martian surface in the ancient past.
The Utopia Planitia region is known to exhibit icy features, including frost on its surface during the Martian winter. The crater, stretching roughly 5 miles across, also shows signs of material ejected in a way that suggests there waspresent when the asteroid hit the region in the distant past. Immense heat generated by the impact would have melted the water ice and forced the resulting mixture of liquid water and dust upward.
A panoramic view of Mars’ Utopia Planitia region with a massive impact crater as seen by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter . is consistent with other features in the region having evidence of a water-ice history," ESA officials said."Zooming into the crater it is possible to see streaks on the walls of the crater, showing evidence of landslides, and ripples sculpted by the wind.
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