Published: 10:25 AM 12/14/2009
Massive crashed disk on Mercury Picture taken by the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft 2009 July 06
Nasa's own words...
What is that strange material on Mercury?
Picture - a large crater -- about 100 kilometers across -- has unusual dark material of unknown composition near its center.
The material's darkness does not appear to be caused by shadows, as the Sun was near zenith when the image was taken.