Saturday, 28 September 2013

Hokusai!

 Picture of large crater on Mercury by MESSENGER orbiter

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft snapped this close-up view of the 59-mile-wide (95-kilometer-wide) Hokusai crater on September 17, while orbiting Mercury.
Sporting grand central peaks and an extensive set of bright rays that extend for 600 miles (1,000 kilometers), Hokusai is believed to be one of the youngest impact sites on the solar system's innermost planet.

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