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The Dark Side of the Crater
The bright rayed crater that dominates this image contains a darker material that appears to be impact melt that flowed out of the crater. This low reflectance material is increasingly identified as more of Mercury's surface is revealed in detail by MESSENGER images.
Date acquired: May 16, 2011
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington