Today's image is presented in the Pop Art style of American artist Andy Warhol. The upper left panel is the original MDIS three-color image. The other three panels are colorized to simulate Warhol's iconic silk-screened paintings. The name Warhol was recently approved by the International Astronomical Union for the large impact crater at the center of the scene. Warhol crater has an unusual elongated central peak, a smooth floor probably formed from impact melt, and abundant hollows.
Date acquired: October 21, 2011
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 227644290
Image ID: 911008, 911007, 91106
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
WAC filter: 9, 7, 6 (996, 748, 433 nanometers) in red, green, and blue
Center Latitude: -2.5°
Center Longitude: 354.0° E
Resolution: 359 meters/pixel
Scale: Warhol crater is about 95 km (59 mi.) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 79.5°
Emission Angle: 56.3°
Phase Angle: 135.9°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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