Today's image highlights the striking central uplift of the Apollodorus Crater, located near the center of the Caloris basin. Such peak structures form in complex craters when material is uplifted from depth as a result of the impact process.
Date acquired: June 29, 2013
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 14849521
Image ID: 4349591
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 30.56°
Center Longitude: 163.3° E
Resolution: 34 meters/pixel
Scale: Apollodorus crater is approximately 41 km (25.5 mi.) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 77.4°
Emission Angle: 32.6°
Phase Angle: 110.0°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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