Mercury’s Surface

By Tom

The image on the left was taken just 21 minutes after Messenger’s closest approach and if you can click the image you can (more easily) see images only 300 meters (or 300 yards) across! This image is near the equator and is from an area …


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More Mercury!

By The Bad Astronomer

Now, I’m not geologist, I’m just a country astronomer, but if I can see this stuff at a glance, I’m guessing people like Emily are having braingasms right now. And this is just one of three high-res images they just downloaded! …


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