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Friday, 17 February 2012

The Scarp in Rembrandt - Nasa Messenger Mission: Release Date 16 Feb 2012

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/pics/EN0237089673M_web.png
Date acquired: February 07, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 237089673
Image ID: 1363507
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: -35.48.°
Center Longitude: 82.5.° E
Resolution: 210 meters/pixel
Scale: This image is approximately 210 kilometers (130 miles) across
Orientation: North is toward the upper left corner
Incidence Angle: 62.5.°
Emission Angle: 36.9.°
Phase Angle: 78.1.°
Of Interest: The long scarp trending vertically on the left-side of this image is located in the interior of the large 715-kilometer diameter Rembrandt impact basin. The interior of Rembrandt hosts not only this compressional scarp but also a set of radial extensional troughs. View these links to see Rembrandt in color or in 3D.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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