This image, taken with the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), shows an area of hollows on the floor of Raditladi basin. Hollows were first discovered on the surface of Mercury during MESSENGER's orbital mission and have not been seen on the Moon or on any other rocky planetary bodies. These bright, shallow depressions may have been formed by the loss of volatile materials. This same region has also been imaged in color.
Date acquired: January 02, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 233984961
Image ID: 1213990
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 26.60°
Center Longitude: 120.5° E
Resolution: 47 meters/pixel
Scale: This image is 73 km across (45 miles) from the left point to the right point.
Incidence Angle: 33.3°
Emission Angle: 22.0°
Phase Angle: 51.5°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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