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Global color map of Mercury from MESSENGER

Global color map of Mercury from MESSENGER
Global color map of Mercury from MESSENGER This mosaic shows Mercury's colors as viewed by placing images from MESSENGER's 1000 nm (infrared), 750 nm (infrared), and 430 (blue) nm narrow-band filters in the red, green, and blue channel respectively. This is not what Mercury would look like to the human eye. By using a wider range of wavelengths, color differences on Mercury's surface due to varying mineralogy can be accentuated beyond those visible to a person. A much higher resolution version is available here. NASA / JHUAPL / CIW