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Hermean AdVENTure!
The image above shows an unnamed, heavily degraded crater with a volcanic vent at the center, visible as an irregular, rimless depression. In color images, like the one above, volcanic features appear redder than average Mercury.
Date acquired: April 09, 2011
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington April 09, 2011