English: This area shows what are now known as Agwo Facula (top, left of center) and Abeeso Facula (left center). The original caption follows:

Date acquired: November 17, 2012 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 261627279 Image ID: 2971208 Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: 22.03° Center Longitude: 146.4° E Resolution: 54 meters/pixel Scale: This scene is 106 km (66 mi.) across Incidence Angle: 39.1° Emission Angle: 61.4° Phase Angle: 90.9°

Of Interest: Today's image highlights the velvety texture that surrounds several volcanic vents near the rim of the Caloris basin. This soft texture, like freshly fallen snow, is formed by the emplacement of tiny beads of lava that were explosively erupted and then quenched and solidified before they reached the surface. This diffuse deposit blankets impact craters and older vents, and becomes thinner farther from the source of the eruption.

This image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation. Targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury's surface at resolutions much higher than the 200-meter/pixel morphology base map. It is not possible to cover all of Mercury's surface at this high resolution, but typically several areas of high scientific interest are imaged in this mode each week.