| Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) and Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Resolution: 2.5 km/pixel Scale: Mercury's diameter is 4880 kilometers (3030 miles) Map Projection: orthographic Center Latitude: 0° Center Longitude: 180° Of Interest: The above image shows an orthographic projection of this global mosaic centered at 0°N, 180°E. Caloris basin is prominently featured in this view, dominating the northern hemisphere. Just south of Caloris lies the 225-km-diameter basin, Mozart. Towards the center of the globe, Tolstoj is visible with an annulus of low-reflectance material. Beethoven basin is just visible along the eastern edge of the globe. | |
| Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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