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Areas of Mercury dominated by Low Reflective Material (LRM). Thought to have been dug out of interior, as it has been ejected in the forms of rays of several craters.
Mercury/Low Reflectance Material Web Pages[]
Mercury/Low Reflectance Material In the News[]
Mercury Surface Characterized (May 2009)[]
- See Mercury/Crust, Mercury/Regolith, Mercury/Volcanoes, Mercury/Smooth Plains, Mercury/Intermediate Terrain, Mercury/Low Reflectance Material, Mercury/Tectonics
First Image From Orbit (Mar 2011)[]
- See Matabei Crater
- http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/29/first-image-of-mercury-from-orbit-released/
- http://www.space.com/11263-nasa-mercury-photos-results-messenger.html
- http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/30messenger/
- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/science/space/31mercury.html?_r=2&ref=science
- http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/mercury-orbit-gallery/ - has map of first photo
- http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/71999/title/First_portraits_of_Mercury_from_orbit
- http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/more-images-released-of-mercury-taken-by-orbiter/
- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110330-messenger-mercury-from-orbit-nasa-space-first-pictures-science/ - gallery of several early photos
- http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/30/science/la-sci-messenger-20110331
- http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/30/6376843-probe-sends-marvels-from-mercury?chromedomain=cosmiclog
- http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/118958679.html
- http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/814a7574f45768d0630bba7ff8adcdc3-205.html
- http://blog.al.com/space-news/2011/03/astronomers_use_words_like_awe.html
- http://gazette.jhu.edu/2011/04/04/messenger-sends-back-first-image-of-mercury-from-orbit/
- http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1814/1