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Old 03-October-2006, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RGClark View Post
The crater on the rim of Victoria crater on the right side of this
image very definitely gives the impression of a volcanic crater rather
than an impact crater:
Victoria Crater on Mars.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061002.html
If you look it carefully, you see it is actually a dune, not a cinder cone. See for example this recent Opportunity route map. No craters to the left from Sol 952 position. The dark spot in the orbital image is obviously the pile of rock (fresh crater?) visible in the image. Cabo Frio is the tall cliff.
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