Animation of 3D perspective view of Mercury’s great valley. The animation begins with Mercury’s great valley, as seen in a high incidence angle image mosaic obtained by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, extending from the Rembrandt basin (upper right) for over 1,000 km (lower left). The image mosaic transforms into a colorized digital elevation model created from stereo images of the region. The vertical exaggeration, the difference between the vertical and horizontal scale, is increased until it reaches about 8× to emphasis the topographic relief.

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November 16, 2016

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<p>NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/DLR &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/DLR

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