I-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ibonise umfanekiso omangalisayo weMartian surface ethathwe kwi-Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
Ifoto ibonisa iHolden impact crater, ethiywe ngesazi ngeenkwenkwezi saseMelika u-Edward Holden, umseki wePacific Astronomical Society.
Umzantsi wecrater ugcwele iipateni ezingaqhelekanga, ezithe, ngokutsho kwabaphandi, zenziwa phantsi kweempembelelo zokuqukuqela okunamandla kwamanzi. I-crater iqulethe ezinye zezona ndawo zichazwe kakhulu kwi-lacustrine kwi-Red Planet.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuba ngexesha elinye i-crater yayithathwa njengendawo enokwenzeka yokumisa kwiplanethi ye-automatic rover Curiosity, kodwa ke, ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi, kwakhethwa enye indawo.
Songeza ukuba isiphekepheke se-MRO sangena kwi-Martian orbit ngoMatshi ka-2006. Esi sikhululo, phakathi kwezinye izinto, sisombulula iingxaki ezinjengokudala imephu eneenkcukacha ye-Martian landscape usebenzisa ikhamera enesisombululo esiphezulu kunye nokukhetha iindawo zokumisa kwimishini yexesha elizayo kumphezulu weplanethi.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru