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The Impressive Rays of Hokusai

The Hokusai Crater on the planet Mercury
Photojournal: PIA13508
Source: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Published: April 4, 2018

This mosaic of NAC images shows the impact crater Hokusai, located on Mercury at a latitude of 58°N. 

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