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This strange-looking crater on Mars is often called the “Golf Ball Crater” — and the reason is clear. Its surface is covered with evenly spaced dimples, making it look almost artificial. But this is 100% natural Martian geology.

Captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using the powerful HiRISE camera, this young 1.5 km-wide crater sits in the Meridiani Planum region near the Martian equator. The unique texture formed due to sublimation — where frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) turns directly into gas — leaving behind symmetrical pits. Over time, strong Martian winds further sculpt and smooth the surface.

This discovery reveals how extreme cold, thin atmosphere, and constant wind erosion shape Mars in ways that can look surprisingly familiar to us on Earth.

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