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DescriptionMercury weird terrain.jpg	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.
Date	March 1974
Source	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
Author	NASA/JPL

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2007-03-23 13:24 Deuar 400×368× (62543 bytes) '''Source''': http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/mercury/mercter.htm (subsequently cropped) Also appears at the NASA Planetary Photojournal: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02445 ''extract from the image's caption:'' Weird terrain bes

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current	20:45, 21 January 2020	783 × 693 (108 KB)	Jstuby	original 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
	06:46, 20 December 2015	700 × 645 (127 KB)	PlanetUser	larger
	19:26, 16 February 2010	400 × 368 (61 KB)	OTAVIO1981	{{Information \|Description={{en\|'''Source''': http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/mercury/mercter.htm (subsequently cropped) Also appears at the NASA Planetary Photojournal: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02445 ''extract from the image