Mercury Images

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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General Views

Because of its rotational resonance, Mercury has two "hot poles" where the sun shines straight down when Mercury is closest to the Sun. This radio map shows them clearly.

A Mariner 10 mosaic of Mercury

The Caloris Basin

Chaotic Terrain

Scarps

Intercrater Plains

Most of Mercury has fairly wide plains between craters. These intercrater plains indicate that Mercury was resurfaced after most of its early impact bombardment, probably by volcanism.

The Snowball in Hell

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Created 6 April 1999, Last Update 6 April 1999

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