Dark abyss – edge of crater on Mercury

MDIS spots a dark abyss in a crater on Mercury
MDIS spots a dark abyss at a crater’s edge on Mercury

This picture from the volcanic Mendelssohn basin on Mercury provides a good representation of the planet’s pockmarked surface which is full of impact craters of all sizes. In addition to that we can see a dark abyss from the rim and shadowed wall of a 25 kilometer wide crater that was photographed by the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) on the Messenger probe.

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