When its ice that gets the smackdown

in #science5 years ago

A characteristic ejecta pedestal forms.

The raised area around the crater rim, where material is injected beneath the surface and raises it.

Snip taken from here, where both craters demonstrate the phenomenon:

Craters on Ganymede.jpg
By NASA - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01609, Public Domain, Link

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