File:Abedin crater EW0240792729G.3band.png

English: Date acquired: March 21, 2012

Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 240792733, 240792729, 240792725 Image ID: 1543743, 1543742, 1543741 Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) WAC filters: 9, 7, 6 (996, 748, 433 nanometers) in red, green, and blue Center Latitude: 60.41° Center Longitude: 351.5° E Resolution: 147 meters/pixel Scale: Abedin is 116 km (72 miles) in diameter Incidence Angle: 60.6° Emission Angle: 26.8° Phase Angle: 33.7°

Of Interest: Abedin crater is one of several large, fresh craters that formed within Mercury's northern volcanic plains deposit. The northern plains appear to be a thick deposit of relatively uniform composition, and Abedin also shows little color variation in its ejecta; portions of Abedin's impact melt are slightly more red in this view.

This image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted color observation. Targeted color observations are images of a small area on Mercury's surface at resolutions higher than the 1-kilometer/pixel 8-color base map. During MESSENGER's one-year primary mission, hundreds of targeted color observations were obtained. During MESSENGER's extended mission, high-resolution targeted color observations are more rare, as the 3-color base map is covering Mercury's northern hemisphere with the highest-resolution color images that are possible.