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My call? This is volcanic ash.

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/MSH/SlideSet/45.jpg


Bear tracks at Mt. St. Helens

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9612/09/leakey.obit/footprint.jpg


Fossilized footprints in ash

Under Martian conditions, I don't know how long ash would remain in "Mt. St. Helens" conditions, without rain or other heavy weathering other than wind, and probably not much of that inside a crater. The ash could be millions of years old, yet still take prints easily.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/rover-images/jan-25-2004/MER-B_DIMES_1404-380.jpg


What kind of crater is this, anyway? Why the white edges?

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