Images of Mercury are Pouring In


	Images of Mercury are Pouring In

JohnWaterman

1-20-2008 5:44 PM

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</DIV></TD><TD valign="top"><TABLE cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD align="left" colspan="2"><SPAN class="wwwsubheader">MESSENGER Views an Intriguing Crater</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD align="left" colspan="2"><SPAN class="wwwbodytxt"><B>Release Date: </B>January 20, 2008</SPAN>
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		 <A href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/search.php?form_keywords=3">Mercury Flyby 1</A>, <A href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/search.php?form_keywords=4">NAC</A></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=127">The unnamed crater (52 kilometers, or 31 miles, in diameter) in the center of the image displays a telephone-shaped collapse feature on its floor. Such a collapse feature, not seen on the floors of other craters in this image, could reflect past volcanic activity at and just below the surface of this particular crater. MESSENGER team members are examining closely the more than 1200 images returned from this flyby for other surface features that can provide clues to the geological history of the innermost planet.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=127">
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