357-mars-impact-dixon – An asteroid Impact on Mars ejects meteorites to Earth. This space art rendering illustrates a high-energy impact event occurring on the northern hemisphere of Mars. A large asteroid or comet strikes the planet at a shallow angle, creating a brilliant, self-luminous impact crater and lofting a high-velocity plume of superheated rock vapor and ejecta into the vacuum of space. The crescent Mars displays a dusty, mottled surface texture, partially illuminated against the absolute blackness of the background. - digital, 1997, © Don Dixon
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