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An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars
FIGURE 7.1 This picture of Mars’s northern plains shows a relatively young impact crater at the middle-right and fainter, older craters elsewhere. The dark/light background pattern is typical of high-latitude plains. Image from the Mars Orbiter Camera on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft courtesy of NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems. The image covers an area of 168 by 124 km.
