This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows what is termed a pedestal crater, so-called because the level of the surface adjacent to the crater is elevated relative to the surface of the surrounding terrain.
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Title: Preserving Ice from a Vanished Terrain
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Date Created: 2014-07-30
Rights: JPL
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