Observations from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter have been used to create this animation of a butterfly crater on Mars.
“A butterfly crater is created when a space rock collides with the martian surface at a low angle, causing two separate lobes (or wings) of material to be flung outwards,” according to ESA.
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ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
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Credit to : VideoFromSpace
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