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The Beauty of Calibration

Craters on Mercury
Photojournal: PIA16820
Published: April 4, 2018

The set of images shown here in color was acquired as part of a sequence intended to monitor any changes in the calibration of the multispectral Wide Angle Camera over time, but it also gives a beautiful view of Mercury's cratered southern hemisphere.

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