| 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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Friday, 17 February 2012
The Scarp in Rembrandt - Nasa Messenger Mission: Release Date 16 Feb 2012
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