This image features a very fresh crater in the southern hemisphere. The crater is termed fresh because it is well-preserved with steep walls and obvious small-scale ejecta.

The crater has a set of dark rays extending from it; these rays are ejecta that sprayed out when the crater formed. Boulders ejected during the impact surround the crater.

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. The image data were processed using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ISIS3 software.