Mercury's Canyon Expedition: A Tiny Rover's Big Journey

Fun Fact

Mercury has giant cliffs and valleys called "scarps" that formed as the planet's core cooled and shrunk over billions of years, causing its surface to wrinkle like a prune!

Coloring Tips

1. 1🎨 Layered Rocks - Use different shades of brown, grey, and orange to show the ancient rock layers in the canyon walls, adding texture with small, directional strokes.
2. 2🖍️ Rover's Glow - Make the tiny rover stand out with metallic silver or white, and use warm yellows or oranges around its lights to show them illuminating the dark canyon floor.
3. 3✨ Shadow Play - Create depth by coloring the deepest parts of the canyon and areas under ledges with dark greys or blacks, contrasting with lighter tones on sunlit surfaces.
4. 4🌈 Crater Details - Give the impact craters along the canyon walls different textures and shades, perhaps using light grey for their rims and slightly darker tones inside for a realistic, ancient look.