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Pit-iful!
This image shows a rimless, irregular depression that appears brighter than the surrounding material. Such features are thought to be volcanic vents . The shadowed, curved feature leading into the vent is a fault scarp, also called rupes . This image was taken using the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC).
Date acquired: April 07, 2012
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington