Figure 36.7 Mercury's craters and plains.
Mariner 10 took this photograph of Mercury's northern hemisphere in 1974. The broad plains marked with many craters cover an area 480 km wide in this photo. (NASA)
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Figure 36.7 Mercury's craters and plains.
Mariner 10 took this photograph of Mercury's northern hemisphere in 1974. The broad plains marked with many craters cover an area 480 km wide in this photo. (NASA)