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Channel Vision

This image is a portion of the MDIS global mosaic basemap that was acquired during MESSENGER's first year in orbit. Of particular note is the flat-floored, southeast-trending valley in the center of the image, which starts near several depressions to the top left of the image, and connects with the Kofi crater (center right).

Date acquired: February 10, 2012

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington