Bacolor Crater is a magnificent impact feature about 20 kilometers (12 miles) wide. The lines on the ejecta blanket surrounding the crater rim come from a surge of superheated gas and debris flying outward in the wake of the meteorite impact that made the crater.
This view combines images taken during the period from September 2002 to October 2005 by the Thermal Emission Imaging System instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. It is part of a special set of images marking the occasion of Odyssey becoming the longest-working Mars spacecraft in history. The pictured location on Mars is 33 degrees north latitude, 118.6 degrees east longitude.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Notes: For more information, see Odyssey Orbiter Nears Martian Longevity Record. Bacolor Crater is located in Utopia Planitia southeast of Hephaestus Rupes. Bacolor Crater is a very good example of what is known as a pedestal crater.
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