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Mercury - Old and Wrinkly

Posted on Friday, April 27, 2012
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Mercury - Old and Wrinkly
Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Uploader comment: This image is a portion of the MDIS global mosaic basemap that was acquired during MESSENGER's first year in orbit. The scene shows a region of smooth, volcanic plains that have been heavily modified by tectonic structures termed "wrinkle ridges".


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