Mercury's Messenger charts new territories (photos)

by Andy Smith  |  June 16, 2011  |  Image 7 of 9

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The new images taken by Messenger while orbiting the planet reveal a new level of detail. This region shows evidence for a volcanic origin including several examples of “ghost” craters or preexisting craters that were buried by the emplacement of the plains. Check out the center.

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

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