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DescriptionMerc fig2sm.jpg	Arecibo Observatory S-band radar image of the north polar region of Mercury by J. Harmon, P. Perrilat and M. Slade. The resolution is 1.5 km (about 1 mile) and the image measures 450 km on a side. The bright features are thought to be ice deposits on permanently shadowed crater floors. Acquired 25-26 July 1999.
Date	25-26 July 1999
Source	[1] from [2] on SCIENCE@NASA
Author	NASA photo
Permission (Reusing this file)	Quote from [3]: "All information on this site is public domain...."

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current	03:08, 3 March 2020	360 × 400 (37 KB)	Jstuby	Reverted to version as of 11:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
	12:53, 23 September 2012	360 × 367 (155 KB)	Soerfm	Crop, sharpen
	11:48, 16 April 2006	360 × 400 (37 KB)	Honeplus	{{Information\| \|Description= Quote from [http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2006/4review_mercury.htm]: "''An Mercury's north pole...''" \|Source= [http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2006/images/mercury/merc_fig2sm.jpg] from [http://spacescience.com/headl