Jezero Crater (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Jezero Crater

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Jezero crater is a paleolake and potential landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission to look for past life. The outlet canyon carved by overflow flooding is visible in the upper right side of the crater. Ancient rivers carved the inlets on the right side of the crater.

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NASA/Tim Goudge.

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