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Mercury - Shadowed Terraces

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Mercury - Shadowed Terraces
Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Uploader comment: Date acquired: March 15, 2012 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 240291628 Image ID: 1519191 Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: 68.98° Center Longitude: 31.48° E Resolution: 23 meters/pixel Scale: Scene is approximately 12 km (7 miles) across Incidence Angle: 73.1° Emission Angle: 11.3° Phase Angle: 84.5° Of Interest: This image provides a look at the curvy walls and terraces of an unnamed crater located in the vast expanse of volcanic plains in Mercury's northern region. North is toward the top right corner.


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