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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-01 Mercury MESSENGER
 Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
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In this perspective view, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft looked northwest over the Caloris Basin, a depression about 1500 km in diameter formed several billion years ago by the impact of a large projectile into the surface of Mercury.
PIA19450:
In Tribute
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-29 Mercury MESSENGER
 Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
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The large, 400-kilometer-diameter (250-mile-diameter), impact basin Shakespeare occupies the bottom left quarter of this image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft.
PIA19444:
Overview of the Impact Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-29 Mercury MESSENGER
 Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
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These graphics show the current best prediction of the location and time of NASA's MESSENGER's impact on Mercury's surface. These current best estimates are: Date: 30 April 2015 Time: 3:26:02 pm EDT (19:26:02 UTC Latitude: 54.4° N Longitude: 210.1° E.
PIA19443:
Details of MESSENGER's Impact Location
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
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This image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft provides a perspective view of the center portion of Carnegie Rupes, a large tectonic landform, which cuts through Duccio crater.
PIA19422:
A Striking Perspective
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Measurements from NASA's MESSENGER's MLA instrument during the spacecraft's greater than four-year orbital mission have mapped the topography of Mercury's northern hemisphere in great detail.
PIA19420:
The Ups and Downs of Mercury's Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-15 Mercury MESSENGER
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Simple Shapes
PIA18678:
Simple Shapes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-23 Mercury MESSENGER
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Peaking into the Shadows. This image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft features Laxness, a crater on Mercury's northern plains named for Halldör Laxness, a twentieth-century Icelandic writer.
PIA18626:
Peaking into the Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-17 Mercury MESSENGER
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Digital Elevation Model of Mercury's Northern Hemisphere
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Digital Elevation Model of Mercury's Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-11 Mercury MESSENGER
 Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
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New QuickMap Feature: 3-D!
PIA17379:
New QuickMap Feature: 3-D!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-09 Mercury MESSENGER
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Northern Topography
PIA16951:
Northern Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-03 MESSENGER
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This frame from an animation from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft depicts the illumination of the topography near Prokofiev crater, showing the small proportion of sunlight that reaches Prokofiev's floor and rim.
PIA16530:
A Solar Day at Prokofiev Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-03 MESSENGER
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NASA's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) is shown ranging to Mercury's surface from orbit. In this image, yellow flashes represent near-infrared laser pulses that can reflect off terrain in shadow as well as in sunlight.
PIA16529:
How MLA Works
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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MLA Reflectivity near the North Pole
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MLA Reflectivity near the North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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Maximum Surface Temperature near the North Pole
PIA16525:
Maximum Surface Temperature near the North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
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MLA Montage
PIA16522:
MLA Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
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Modeling Ice Stability
PIA16521:
Modeling Ice Stability
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
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MLA Surface Reflectance
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MLA Surface Reflectance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
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Polar Topography
PIA16516:
Polar Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-23 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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Lowlands in Mercury's North
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Lowlands in Mercury's North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-22 Mercury MESSENGER
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Highs and Lows of Goethe
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Highs and Lows of Goethe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-22 Mercury MESSENGER
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Perspective View of Mercury's Topography
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Perspective View of Mercury's Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-21 Mercury MESSENGER
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Tilted Craters in Caloris
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Tilted Craters in Caloris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-21 Mercury MESSENGER
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Mercury's Topography from MLA
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Mercury's Topography from MLA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-07 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Taking the Measure of Impact Craters on Mercury
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Taking the Measure of Impact Craters on Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Look at Craters Hosting Polar Deposits
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A Look at Craters Hosting Polar Deposits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
PIA14345:
Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-05-24 Mercury MESSENGER
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Altimetry Is Defining Mercury's Shape
PIA14279:
Altimetry Is Defining Mercury's Shape
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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First Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Results from Orbit
PIA14078:
First Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Results from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-31 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Measures the Depths of Mercury's Craters
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Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Measures the Depths of Mercury's Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-29 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Mercury's Topography from the Second Flyby
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Mercury's Topography from the Second Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-31 Mercury MESSENGER
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Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Images Mercury from 4 Million Kilometers
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Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Images Mercury from 4 Million Kilometers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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First Laser Altimetry for Mercury
PIA10394:
First Laser Altimetry for Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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A close-up of the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) profile of Mercury acquired during NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's first Mercury flyby on January 14, 2008.
PIA10381:
Topographic Close-up
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-19 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) became the first instrument to measure the distance between a spacecraft and the surface of Mercury.
PIA10183:
First Results from the Mercury Laser Altimeter
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