SP-424 The Voyage of Mariner
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[114-115] Fig. A-5. The first of the mosaics
obtained at the second encounter covers much the same area of Mercury
as the incoming mosaic of the first encounter but extends farther
into south polar regions. The crater Kuiper is clear in the top part
of the picture. North is at the top, and the Sun illuminates Mercury
from the left. The black areas represent parts of Mercury that were
not covered in this mosaic. The line drawing below relates the mosaic
to latitude and longitude on the illuminated disc of the planet at
the time of the encounter.
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