Hills of Mercury Target Name:   Mercury Spacecraft:   Mariner 10 Produced by:   Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright:  Calvin J. Hamilton Cross Reference:   FDS 27370 (Publisher Permission Request)

• Mercury

"Weird terrain" best describes this hilly, lineated region of Mercury. This area is at the antipodal point from the large Caloris basin. The shock wave produced by the Caloris impact was reflected and focused to this antipodal point, thus jumbling the crust and breaking it into a series of complex blocks. The area covered is about 100 kilometers (62 miles) on a side.

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