Mercury: hilly, lineated region at antipodes of Caloris basin 3.3
800km wide Mariner 10 image showing part of the terrain lying on the far side of Mercury from the Caloris Basin (i.e. near the right centre of the incoming hemispheric view). The terrain was contorted by the converging seismic waves (from the Caloris impact), and flung up into a chaotic jumble of hills 5-10 km wide and up to 2 km high. The rims of pre-existing craters have been disrupted in this manner, but younger craters, which post-date the Caloris impact, are entirely ordinary in appearance.
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Image Credit: NASA