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One Rock, Two Rocks, Red Rocks, Blue Rocks

This complex crater was recently named to honor Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Seuss crater is relatively fresh, its floor contains impact melt and hollows, and the impact has excavated materials with different color characteristics. These characteristics make the crater very interesting, slightly odd, and colorful in appearance, much like Seuss's illustrations.

Date acquired: August 18, 2011

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington