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First Picture of Mercury's Unseen Side

By Miss Cellania in Science & Tech on Jan 16, 2008 at 6:51 pm


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The MESSENGER mission took this picture on January 14th just after its closest approach to Mercury -about 17,000 miles away. This is the previously unmapped part of the planet that was missed by the Mariner 10 probe, which flew by Mercury three times in 1974 and 1975. NASA says that enhanced and color pictures will follow. Link -via Wired Science


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  1. DCer
    Jan 16th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    Wow! This totally changes my view of Mercury. Ok, maybe not.

  2. tedwilson
    Jan 16th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    It looks like a Lunchball: http://lunchballz.com
    But slightly tastier.

  3. Christophe
    Jan 16th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    No mercurians? Oohh.. I'm so disapointed...

  4. Radin
    Jan 17th, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Well, it is a lot less crattered than the other half. Just compare the right side to the left one-third.

  5. Vako
    Jan 18th, 2008 at 8:34 am

    I hear that if you put it in the microwave and then eat it that the superheated center will explode and burn your precious mouth.

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