• Young Lunar Dimple
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    A Young Lunar Dimple
    As this prominent lobate scarp (the winding cliff-like feature) formed, movement on the fault beneath caused uplift and deformed a Copernican crater into a dimple-like feature (top center). Boulders in the crater have aligned in rows parallel to the scarp. These features are very young in geologic terms—likely less than 100 million years old.

    Image ID: M190844037LR
    Camera: NAC
    Image width: 1.9 km (1.2 mi.)

  • Young Lunar Dimple

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