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M1300023 - Cuncaelia
After The Reef another image resembling the underwater world. See the orginal NASA M1300023
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cunchilya_1.jpg (365146 byte)
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cunchilya_2.jpg (447320 byte)
Doesn't this "oyster" seem have moved from right to left?
ostrichetta.jpg (60693 byte)
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Would you call this a "crater"?
bivalve.jpg (63024 byte)
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Download the full image and explore yourself!
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romboide.jpg (16836 byte)
Romboide: someone suggested this is a rock; I'd say this is more like a shell.

Notice the shape, and the allineation. There are also tracks on the ground as they're moving.

ingr_cuncaelia.jpg (53488 byte) click on images to enlarge

About craters: do you still think this is an impact or a vulcanic crater?

Notice the smaller behind the larger one. 

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romboidi_coppia.jpg (22855 byte)
Romboide: two samples togheter
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conchiglia_si_muove.jpg (30003 byte)
Take a look closer: this one and notice the creeples on front; it's also leaving a path behind. craterino.jpg (20476 byte)

 

Notice this one: the walls are not joining yet. It seems a crater at an early stage of growth.
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conchigliona.jpg (19471 byte)
crateretto.jpg (31342 byte) This one is halfway completed..
conchilia_scura.jpg (27357 byte) This also could be a rock, but with this low albedo should be lava, and there are no other lava structures in the surroundings. 

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crateri_nascite.jpg (40334 byte)

"Craters" at various stage of growth

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ostrichetta.jpg (18224 byte)
This is not a rock, to my eyes: I have a shell on my desk that looks exactly like this one. Notice that is casting a shadows on the ground, meaning that there is some space behind it.
My collection of fossilized oysters (except the white one, found on the beach), coming from the hills nearby Florence, a site that was a sandy underwater bassin some 8 million year ago. Notice the analogies.
scoglio.jpg (33039 byte) This could be a cliff: with shells