NASA Original Files - Mercury
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m10_aom_11_20~0.jpgCrater and scarps (HR)56 visiteHigh-Resolution (HR) picture of a 65-Km diameter crater and the scarp transecting it's floor (to the left of this image). The scarp has a slightly terraced appearance which may be individual fault planes compromising an imbricate thrust fault.
This image (FDS 27464) was acquired during the spacecraft's first encounter with Mercury.
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m10_aom_11_27.jpgDiscovery Rupes' Scarp (HR)57 visiteA limping Mariner 10 spacecraft was coaxed into a third and final encounter with Mercury in March of 1975.
Due to several problems with the aging spacecraft, only ~450 useful images of the Planet were acquired, though many are at significantly higher resolution than previous encounters.
In this HR image (FDS 528884) the Sun is low to the horizon thus enhancing topographic features with prominent shadows.
As can be seen here, the surface of Mercury is heavily cratered similar to the Moon.
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m10_aom_15_11.jpgTerraced Crater with Central Peak (HR)57 visitenessun commento
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m10_aom_18.jpgMercury's "Inbound" view and Kuiper Crater64 visiteThis is a mosaic of images taken of Mercury taken from 125.000 miles away. The tiny, brightly rayed crater (just below center top) was the first recognizable feature on the Planet's surface and was named in memory of astronomer Gerard Kuiper, a Mariner 10 team member.
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m10_aom_19.jpgMercury's "Outbound" view61 visiteAfter passing on the darkside of the Planet, Mariner 10 photographed the other, somewhat more illuminated Hemisphere of Mercury.
The North Pole is at the top, two-thirds down from which is the Equator.
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m10_aom_20.jpgThe Southern Hemisphere of Mercury59 visiteThe Image Processing Lab at NASA's JPL Laboratory produced this photomosaic using computer software and techniques developed for use in processing planetary data.
The Mariner 10 spacecraft imaged the Region during its initial flyby of the Planet.
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