Credit & Copyright: NASA,
Johns Hopkins Univ. APL,
Arizona State U., CIW
Explanation:
The sprawling Caloris basin
on Mercury
is one of the solar system's largest
impact basins,
created during the early history of the solar system by the impact of
a large asteroid-sized body.
The multi-featured,
fractured basin spans about 1,500 kilometers in this
enhanced
color mosaic based on image data from the Mercury-orbiting
MESSENGER spacecraft.
Mercury's youngest large impact basin,
Caloris was subsequently filled
in by lavas that appear orange in the mosaic.
Craters made after the flooding
have excavated material from beneath the surface lavas.
Seen as contrasting blue hues, they likely offer a glimpse of
the original basin floor material.
Analysis of these craters suggests the thickness
of the covering volcanic lava to be 2.5-3.5 kilometers.
Orange splotches around the basin's perimeter are thought to be
volcanic vents.
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