Heavily Cratered Terrain and Smooth Plain
This photograph of Mercury was taken by NASA Mariner 10 spacecraft shows smooth plains areas on Mercury that are thought to be volcanic in origin with lava flows filling in heavily cratered areas.
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Details
NASA ID
PIA02438
Date Created
December 7, 1999
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
