This movie was assembled from 289 individual NAC images. Most of the images were acquired four seconds apart, the fastest that MDIS is capable of taking full resolution images, but this movie is shown with 15 images per second. The movie begins centered on the 191-km diameter Schubert basin.
These images were acquired as part of the NAC ride-along imaging campaign. When data volume is available and MDIS is not acquiring images for its other campaigns, high-resolution NAC images are obtained of the surface. These images are designed not to interfere with other instrument observations but take full advantage of periods during the mission when extra data volume is available.
Date acquired: October 04, 2013
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 23236906-23238062
Image ID: 4945775-4946063
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Initial Center Latitude: -42.67°
Initial Center Longitude: 306.1° E
Final Center Latitude: -50.20°
Final Center Longitude: 311.9° E
Resolution: 176-199 meters/pixel
Scale: The first image is 179 kilometers (111 miles) across
Incidence Angle: 74.3°-79.9°
Emission Angle: 3.6°-0.8°
Phase Angle: 77.9°-79.4°
Video credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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