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This Mercury HD DLC (addon) contains high-resolution textures for Mercury. It improves the level of detail of the Mercurian surface compared to the default SpaceEngine installation.

Credits:
Surface color map combines the MESSENGER low incidence angle mosaic with a color map by DeviantArt user "FarGetaNik". Elevation map is a combination of a stereography-based map with one based on Mercury Orbiter Laser Altimeter data (used for high northern latitudes).

Source data:
Elevation map: USGS Astrogeology Science Center / NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Image resolution: 23040x11520
Effective resolution: 0.66 km/pix

Surface albedo map: MESSENGER PDS mosaic
Image resolution: 92160x46080
Effective resolution: 0.165 km/pix