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English: Weird terrain best describes this hilly, lineated region of Mercury. Scientists note that this area is at the antipodal point to the large Caloris basin. The shock wave produced by the Caloris impact may have been reflected and focused to the antipodal point, thus jumbling the crust and breaking it into a series of complex blocks. The area covered is about 800 km (497 mi) on a side.
The crater at left is now known as Petrarch. This is based on Mariner 10 image 27299.
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Source: http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/mercury/mercter.htm

Also appears at the NASA Planetary Photojournal: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02445
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current20:45, 21 January 2020Thumbnail for version as of 20:45, 21 January 2020783 × 693 (108 KB)Jstubyoriginal image used as source (not upsampled), but brightness and contrast still adjusted. http://ser.sese.asu.edu/M10/IMAGE_ARCHIVE/SingleImage.html?image_number=27299
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