Northern Pancake

This MOC image shows a pedestal a pancake or pedestal crater on the martian northern plains. The rocky ejecta from the crater protected the underlying material from being stripped away by wind, leaving ejecta standing higher than surrounding terrain

This MOC image shows a pedestal a pancake or pedestal crater on the martian northern plains. The rocky ejecta from the crater protected the underlying material from being stripped away by wind, leaving ejecta standing higher than surrounding terrain