Joplin crater stands out brilliantly in 3D. With red-cyan glasses, you get an amazing view of Joplin's central peak, which rises around 1 km (0.6 mi.) above the crater floor. This picture has been rotated so that north is toward the bottom to enhance the 3D effect.
Date acquired: January 16, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 235169452, 235423824
Image ID: 1271337, 1283624
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: -38.87° -39.34°
Center Longitude: 26.48° E 26.44° E
Resolution: 176 meters/pixel 187 meters/pixel
Scale: Joplin crater is 135 km (84 mi) in diameter
Incidence Angle: 75.2° 67.9°
Emission Angle: 21.6° 33.4°
Phase Angle: 80.3° 92.6°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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