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Exposed
In this exquisite image of the crater Ailey, fresh material has been exposed in the crater walls, which stands out in sharp contrast to the darker, smooth ejecta and impact melt that has ponded just outside the rim within the crater that Ailey overprints.
Date acquired: December 08, 2012
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington