Date acquired: March 02, 2015Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 67659563Image ID: 8076855Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)Center Latitude: 35.44°Center Longitude: 207.64° EResolution: 5.33 meters/pixelScale: This scene is approximately 2.7 km (1.7 miles) acrossIncidence Angle: 78.43°Emission Angle: 7.17°Phase Angle: 85.60°Of Interest: Another look at the fresh impact crater seen here is revealed in this image. This time the image is showing incredible detail of erosional patterns on the crater wall and a glimpse of boulders just outside the crater rim. This image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation. Targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury’s surface at resolutions much higher than the 200-meter/pixel morphology base map. It is not possible to cover all of Mercury’s surface at this high resolution, but typically several areas of high scientific interest are imaged in this mode each week. The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft’s seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System’s innermost planet. In the mission’s more than three years of orbital operations, MESSENGER has acquired over 250,000 images and extensive other data sets. MESSENGER is capable of continuing orbital operations until early 2015.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington