This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Mercury
Brahms Crater

Mariner 10 image of Brahms Crater, Mercury. This image of the 75 km diameter crater was taken on the first flyby. Note the central peak. North is up. (Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 3-2)

Last Update: 2004-Nov-27