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Flow and Flow Features in Amazonis Planitia

This area of Mars has a few gray craters, with white/light material surrounding it.

July 20, 2010

This area of Mars is shaped by lava flows from volcanic eruptions.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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