English: Date acquired: July 31, 2011

Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 220635824 Image ID: 575089 Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: -28.30° Center Longitude: 146.9° E Resolution: 139 meters/pixel Scale: Pahinui crater is 54 km (34 mi.) in diameter Incidence Angle: 77.3° Emission Angle: 22.5° Phase Angle: 99.9°

Of Interest: One of nine newly named craters, Pahinui crater has intriguing pits surrounding its central peak. Pahinui crater is named for the Hawaiian musician Gabby Pahinui, a key figure in the 1970s Hawaiian Renaissance and master of the slack-key guitar, a style that originated in Hawaii.

This image was acquired as part of MDIS's high-resolution surface morphology base map. The surface morphology base map covers more than 99% of Mercury's surface with an average resolution of 200 meters/pixel. Images acquired for the surface morphology base map typically are obtained at off-vertical Sun angles (i.e., high incidence angles) and have visible shadows so as to reveal clearly the topographic form of geologic features.