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Pictures of the planet Mercury
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A picture of Mercury by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974.
The area in the foreground is heavily cratered. The area in the background appears much smoother.
These smooth plains might be heavily cratered as well, but were filled by lava flows afterward the impact craters were created.
Photograph of Mercury by Mariner 10. These bright rays are created by ejecta from a crater.
The thin atmosphere of Mercury contains argon, neon and helium.
Picture of a very heavily cratered area on the planet Mercury. The large crater on the right is 100 kilometers in diameter. This picture was taken by Mariner 1 from a distance of 31,000 kilometers from Mercury.
Picture of the Caloris Basin on the planet Mercury by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. The Caloris Basin is more than 1000 kilometers in diameter. It was created when a large meteor hit Mercury's suface millions of years ago.
There are several ridges and some fractures on this photograph. A large fracture appears at the top right-hand side of the photograph.
3D stereo images of the planet Mercury created using a map of Mercury.
NASA created the cylindrical map of Mercury from pictures taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft.
Some questions about these pictures of the planet Mercury
Lets see what you have learned from these pictures ...
- What are ejecta?
- Where do you find ejecta?
- How far way from Mercury were some of these pictures taken?
- What color is the planet Mercury?
- Why are some areas of the planet Mercury smooth and other areas heavily cratered?
- What does a ridge look like? ... and a fracture?
All images are courtesy NASA/JPL except where stated otherwise.
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This page was last updated on: October 9, 2002
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