Thursday, November 22, 2012

Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Mercury?s Pie Crust Craters

Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Mercury’s Pie Crust Craters
MESSENGER has discovered assemblages of tectonic landforms unlike any previously found on Mercury or elsewhere in the Solar System. The findings are reported in a paper led by Smithsonian scientist Thomas Watters, "Extension and contraction within volcanically buried impact craters and basins on Mercury," published in the December issue of the journal Geology.


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