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Mars Crater Collage

This collage shows three other meteoroid impacts that were detected by the seismometer on NASA’s InSight lander and captured by the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its HiRISE camera.

September 19, 2022

This collage shows three other meteoroid impacts that were detected by the seismometer on NASA’s InSight lander and captured by the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its HiRISE camera.

Download images: PIA25409, PIA25410, PIA25411

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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