crater
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After the collapse, large crowds gathered around the site of a crater where the buildings had stood.
From BBC
These collisions carved out vast craters and basins and altered the Moon's landscape and chemistry.
From Science Daily
Each scenario simulated a hypothetical lake inside the crater for 30 Martian years, or about 56 Earth years.
From Science Daily
Long gashes, like wounds in the earth from some terrified beast clawing at a nightmare, raked the ground next to the crater on the mountain top.
From Literature
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Horgan noted that there is no obvious nearby source where the kaolinite could have formed, even though the fragments appear scattered along the rover's path since it landed in Jezero crater in February 2021.
From Science Daily
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