Egonu Crater

This image is a high-resolution view of the polar crater Egonu. The 'flower' in the crater is Egonu's central peak. Egonu is named after Uzo Egonu, a Nigerian artist (1931-1996). He was known for crossing the boundary between Western and African painting, as he lived in England for most of his life.

This image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation. Targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury's surface at resolutions much higher than the 200-meter/pixel morphology base map. It is not possible to cover all of Mercury's surface at this high resolution, but typically several areas of high scientific interest are imaged in this mode each week.

Date acquired: July 05, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 249988836
Image ID: 2143790
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 67.15°
Center Longitude: 61.80° E
Resolution: 13 meters/pixel
Scale: This image is about 14 km (8.7 miles) across
Incidence Angle: 75.6°
Emission Angle: 1.3°
Phase Angle: 74.3°

Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington