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  • adjective Between craters.

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inter- +‎ crater

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Examples

  • These Spirit Rover camera images of the intercrater plain between Mars' Lahontan Crater show uniformly-spaced small rocks, known as clasts.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Staq Mavlen 2009

  • Images taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit show small rocks regularly spaced about 5 to 7 cm apart on the intercrater plains between Lahontan Crater and the Columbia Hills.

    Solved: The Mystery of The Walking Martian Rocks Staq Mavlen 2009

  • Images taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit show small rocks regularly spaced about 5 to 7 cm apart on the intercrater plains between Lahontan Crater and the Columbia Hills.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Staq Mavlen 2009

  • These Spirit Rover camera images of the intercrater plain between Mars' Lahontan Crater show uniformly-spaced small rocks, known as clasts.

    Solved: The Mystery of The Walking Martian Rocks Staq Mavlen 2009

  • A northern mid-latitude scene consisting of craters, intercrater plains, and mantled material is visible in this HiRISE image.

    Tucson Weekly 2010

  • The intercrater plains have a pitted texture full resolution thought to be caused by water ice sublimating and leaving depressions behind.

    Tucson Weekly 2010

  • Small rocks called clasts are uniformly spaced along the surface of Mars, including in the intercrater plain between Mars 'Lahontan Crater.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • Earth's megafans may be the best analog for widespread "intercrater plains" on Mars.

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2008

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