This stunning view includes both the terminator and the limb. Basho crater, an 80-km-diameter, complex crater with a prominent central peak, can be seen near the center of the scene.
Date acquired: January 11, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 234794915
Image ID: 1253094
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
WAC filter: 7 (748 nanometers)
Center Latitude: -33.9°
Center Longitude: 188.4° E
Resolution: 713 meters/pixel
Scale: Mercury is 2440 km (1516 mi.) in diameter
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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