Thākur

Oblique view of scarps in southern Thākur crater on Mercury. MESSENGER Narrow Angle Camera. Looking southwest. Emission Angle: 57.0 Incidence Angle: 65.2 Latitude: -3.8 Longitude: 295.8 Phase Angle: 28.2 A version of this image was published by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington, Tectonized Thakur, which has the following caption: Of Interest: We've seen Thakur before—both in full color and as part of a larger view of this region of Mercury. This time, in an oblique view of its southern portion, we can see how two prominent lobate scarps deform the crater. These scarps form when one block of crust thrusts up and over another, and are thought to have formed due to a reduction in Mercury's surface area as its interior cooled and contracted. The face of a scarp indicates the direction these blocks have moved so, as we see it here, Tharkur has been squeezed from the top-right and from the bottom-left. · Credit: NASA · Licence: Public domain

Thākur crater on Mercury. MESSENGER Narrow Angle Camera mosaic. The lower image was enlarged slightly to match the upper one. Approximate north is at top. Statistics below are for upper image. Emission Angle: 27.4 Incidence Angle: 64.6 Latitude: -2.8 Longitude: 295.5 Phase Angle: 37.2 · Credit: James Stuby based on NASA images · Licence: Public domain