Photographs of Mercury
NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Carnegie Institution of Washington
Blue Ring
An image of the Raditladi impact basin, 258 km. in diameter, captured by MESSENGER as it flew past Mercury for the first time. In this color-enhanced image released on September 29, 2011, the ring of central-peak mountains render as a bright blue.
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