Volcanic Terrain on Mercury.

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APOD entry on: Wednesday 27th May 2009.

Volcanic Terrain on Mercury.
EquatoriallavaPlainsenc2MESSENGER.jpg


Another volcanic feature.

Not on APOD, but I thought I would throw this in.

A 75 KM wide, 3,400 metre tall shield volcano, with a 25 KM wide heart shaped caldera, just inside the south west boundary of the Caloris Basin on Mercury, imaged by MESSENGER in January 2008.
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Andrew Brown.
 
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