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Terraformed Mercury

This is how Mercury would look like if it had the right conditions to have water flowing on its surface, and maybe to sustain an intelligent civilization.

Resources used:
>> Starfield background: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3895
>> Mercury flyby 1: https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/Explore/Science-Images-Database/gallery-image-911.html
>> Mercury flyby 3: https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/Explore/Science-Images-Database/gallery-image-404.html
>> DEM of Mercury: https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mercury/Topography/MESSENGER/Mercury_Messenger_USGS_DEM_Global_665m_v2
>> Surface map of Mercury: https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/Explore/Images.html#global-mosaics

Left: photograph from Messenger / Right: terraformed version

Left: photograph from Messenger / Right: terraformed version

Left: photograph from Messenger / Right: terraformed version

Left: photograph from Messenger / Right: terraformed version

This is where the landmasses are on the terraformed planet

This is where the landmasses are on the terraformed planet

Annotated version with the names of some regions. The red dot shows where the Messenger spacecraft crashed on the surface.

Annotated version with the names of some regions. The red dot shows where the Messenger spacecraft crashed on the surface.

Exaggerated elevation map of the terraformed planet

Exaggerated elevation map of the terraformed planet