"Martian Thunderbird" is NASA's great name for this feature on Mars. Taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this image shows the result of "a low-angle impact from an asteroid or comet."
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
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