Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Mercury Up Close

This is the first image ever taken of Mercury from its orbit. It was taken yesterday by the "Messenger" (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft, which will now proceed with a detailed mapping study of the cratered surface of the planet closest to our sun.

1 comment:

wildmary said...

You could have fooled me, it looks just like the moon.