Friday, March 1, 2013

APOD 3.7 Colors of Mercury

This picture is shown in the Visible Light spectrum. It shows the true colors of Mercury. I had no idea that Mercury was actually so colorful. I always pictured it as plain orange with no other colors. Come to find out it has blue, white, grey, orange and many others. The large crater in the top right is known as the "Caloris Basin". It is massive and was caused by a collision from either a metiorite or comet.

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