Eleanor Lutz is back again, this week with a fantastic topographic map of Mercury. She’s also written a detailed tutorial on how to create this map yourself, which also includes code for mapping Mars, Venus, and the Moon!
A Topographic Map of Mercury
How to make an elevation map of the smallest planet in the Solar System.
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