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Victoria Rupes

Victoria Rupes

Mercury used to be hotter than it is now, and that make it a little bit larger. As it cooled and shrank, the crust of the planet wrinkled. Long cliffs like this, called rupes, are all over the surface.


Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Carnegie Institution of WA
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