File:Seuss crater EW0222190044G.3band.mapped.cub.png

English: Date acquired: August 18, 2011

Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 222190048, 222190044, 222190040
Image ID: 648749, 648748, 648747
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: 8.40°
Center Longitude: 33.66° E
Resolution: 211 meters/pixel
Scale: Seuss crater is approximately 67 km (42 mi.) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 17.3°
Emission Angle: 34.6°
Phase Angle: 50.3°

Of Interest: This complex crater was recently named to honor Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Seuss crater is relatively fresh, its floor contains impact melt and hollows, and the impact has excavated materials with different color characteristics. These characteristics make the crater very interesting, slightly odd, and colorful in appearance, much like Seuss's illustrations.

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.