Date acquired: December 05, 2011 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 231610992 Image ID: 1099314 Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: 10.9° Center Longitude: 114.5° E Resolution: 33 meters/pixel Scale: This image is approximately 66 km (41 mi.) across Incidence Angle: 66.2° Emission Angle: 59.2° Phase Angle: 125.5° Of Interest: The central peaks of Eminescu are revealed here at high resolution, showing off an impressive collection of hollows. Some of these hollows have coalesced into larger formations. North is down in this image. This image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation. Targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury's surface at resolutions much higher than the 250-meter/pixel (820 feet/pixel) morphology base map or the 1-kilometer/pixel (0.6 miles/pixel) color base map. It is not possible to cover all of Mercury's surface at this high resolution during MESSENGER's one-year mission, but several areas of high scientific interest are generally imaged in this mode each week. | |
| Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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