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English: NASA wrote this caption for the image: This image in the Acidalia Planitia region of Mars shows numerous round hills that have a large circular depression on their tops. These pitted mounds may be ancient mud volcanoes that formed when liquid mud erupted from underground due to shaking from a nearby Marsquake.

Similar to volcanoes formed out of molten rock, or lava, mud volcanoes form as the erupted mud piles up at the surface. Acidalia Planitia was likely a large depression that filled with mud, sand, and other sediments that were transported here by water flowing from regions to the south.

Written by: Chris Okubo (19 July 2023)
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Source https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_078491_2225
Author Jim Secosky asked NASA to image this region with HiRISE under the HiWish program.
Location on Mars42° 05′ 24″ N, 9° 45′ 25.2″ W View this and other nearby images on: Google Mapsinfo


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Many probably mud volcanoes are visible in this HiRISE image.

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19 July 2023

42°5'24"N, 9°45'36"W

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