PIA02446 Discovery Scarp

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NASA/JPL/Northwestern University

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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02446 (image link)

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https://dkwiki.dk/b/22f70

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Wikimedia Commons

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450 x 300 Pixel (32394 Bytes)

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One of the most prominent lobate scarps (Discovery Scarp), photographed by Mariner 10 during its first encounter with Mercury, is located at the center of this image (extending from the top to near bottom). This scarp is about 350 kilometers long and transects two craters 35 and 55 kilometers in diameter. The maximum height of the scarp south of the 55-kilometer crater is about 3 kilometers. Notice the shallow older crater (near the center of the image) perched on the crest of the scarp.

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Public domain