Exploratour - Comparing the Surfaces of Earth and Mars
Examples of Craters
The table below compares craters on Earth and Mars.
Earth
These pictures show craters at different places on the Earth's surface.
The left image shows two
craters in Quebec, Canada (Click on image
for full size version (315K GIF) Courtesy of
NASA/LPI ). The right image shows the
Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona
(Click on image for full size version (307K GIF),
Courtesy of D. Roddy and LPI ).
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Mars
These pictures show craters on the surface of Mars. The picture at the left shows heavily cratered portion of Mars, and was obtained by Mariner 6 in 1969. (Click on image for full size version (282K GIF), Image courtesy of NASA). The image at the right shows an eroded crater and dune fields near the south pole of Mars. (Click on image for full size version (112K JPG), Image courtesy of NASA).There are many craters on the surface of Mars. The image at the left (best seen at full size), taken by Mariner 6 in 1969, shows many craters in the Sinus Sabaus and Deucalionis Regio region of Mars. In the full size picture you can see craters within craters, overlapping craters, and craters with raised central peaks. The image at the right shows a crater and sand dunes near the south pole of Mars. Craters in this region of Mars are being erased by the action of sand on the Martian surface. There are even sand dunes within the crater. |
