NASA has released two more high-resolution images from the MESSENGER probe's Monday flyby of Mercury, this time showing close-up images of the planet's surface.
The first photo (right) shows a region about 100 miles across, near Mercury's equator. A high, long cliff curves down from the top center, which researchers say is the result of forces in the planetary crust forcing the area to the left side up and over the region to the right. A large crater has effaced part of the cliff near the top of the image.
More after the jump.
Above: A previously unseen crater, with radial lines of ejected material radiating outwards. This photo shows a region about 230 miles across, and is part of a 99-image set that will be used to create a larger high-resolution mosaic image.
(Photo Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)
