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(Big Think)   Mars had its own Chicxulub-like impact some 3.4 billion years ago, and the Viking 1 lander just happened to land where the ensuing megatsunami left boulders, boulders everywhere   (bigthink.com) divider line
    More: Weird, Mars, kilometer-wide crater, impact debris, liquid oceans, aftermath of this topography-creating event, Solar System, larger moon, remarkable story  
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2022-12-01 9:19:29 PM  
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In this Map view, the crater in question is the big shallow one, top center. Viking 1 is on the left and Pathfinder on the right:

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2022-12-01 7:53:45 PM  
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Its weird that mars got hit by a comet?
 
2022-12-02 12:29:11 AM  
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leeksfromchichis: It's not like they send these mars probes to randomly land.  The LZs are carefully chosen.


I recall hearing at the time that Viking 1's landing zone was selected because it was thought to be relatively level and obstacle-free and "safe and boring." Boy, were they surprised.
 
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