This image shows a small pond of impact melt that was ejected from a crater just out of view. The melt ponded in this low, forming a smooth surface similar to the melt ponds south of Kuiper crater. North is toward the upper right corner.
Date acquired: November 06, 2011
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 229105038
Image ID: 980525
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 63.9°
Center Longitude: 256.5° E
Resolution: 16 meters/pixel
Scale: The smooth region is approximately 3 km (1.9 miles) across
Incidence Angle: 69.5°
Emission Angle: 15.6°
Phase Angle: 85.2°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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