crater
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Horgan noted that there is no obvious nearby source where the kaolinite could have formed, even though the fragments appear scattered along the rover's path since it landed in Jezero crater in February 2021.
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Shocked quartz is especially significant because no large crater has been found from this event.
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Water gathered in low-lying valleys and river channels, overflowed crater rims, and rushed through canyons.
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These images revealed craters that expose ice, patterned ground known as polygonal terrain, and other surface features that often indicate ice just below the surface.
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"And yet they don't necessarily form a crater, or they form ephemeral surface disturbances, but they're not the classic major craters that come from direct impacts."
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