NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Happy Hollow-een!

Creeping out from the shadows, the hollows snake their way across this crater floor. Their white, ghostly halos stand in stark contrast to the generally dark surface of Mercury. The low sun angle of this image highlights the many small craters speckling the landscape.

Date acquired: October 13, 2012

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