Odin Planitia
July 7, 2012
| Credit | NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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| PIA Number | PIA18107 |
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This area east of Mercury's giant Caloris Basin is thought to be related to ejecta from the basin impact event.
The knobs and unusual corrugated texture are part of Odin Planitia and may have formed from ejecta and impact melt. Schiaparelli Dorsum, nearly aligned with the terminator (the division between the dayside and night side of the planet), cuts across the scene from top to bottom.
