Mercury HD DLC enhances SpaceEngine with high-resolution textures dedicated to Mercury's surface. It boosts surface detail far beyond the default installation, drawing from MESSENGER mission mosaics and laser altimeter data. The addon delivers an albedo map at 92160x46080 resolution for 0.165 km/pix effective detail, paired with an elevation map at 23040x11520 for 0.66 km/pix.
This indie simulation upgrade sharpens casual exploration of planetary terrain on PC. Space enthusiasts gain precise Mercurian visuals from combined NASA and community sources. Fans of detailed cosmic simulations find it sharpens their procedural universe views.
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
