File:Brahms crater EW0213198510G.web.png

English: Date acquired: May 06, 2011

Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 213198510 Image ID: 220726 Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) WAC filter: 7 (748 nanometers) Center Latitude: 57.62° Center Longitude: 181.3° E Resolution: 207 meters/pixel Scale: Brahms has a diameter of 100 kilometers Incidence Angle: 76.3° Emission Angle: 37.4° Phase Angle: 113.7°

Of Interest: Mercury's Brahms crater is named for the nineteenth century German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms. Brahms is a complex crater with a central peak and terraced walls, like its neighbor Verdi. Smaller secondary craters are numerous in this scene and surround Brahms in all directions.

This image was acquired as part of MDIS's high-resolution surface morphology base map. The surface morphology base map will cover more than 90% of Mercury's surface with an average resolution of 250 meters/pixel (0.16 miles/pixel or 820 feet/pixel). Images acquired for the surface morphology base map typically have off-vertical Sun angles (i.e., high incidence angles) and visible shadows so as to reveal clearly the topographic form of geologic features.