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| Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington |
This image is one of the first images of Mercury taken from the Messenger spacecraft in orbit around the planet. The image was taken at 5:20 am EDT on Mar. 29, 2011.
It looks very much like the Earth's Moon's surface close up. Like our Moon, Mercury is heavily cratered and shows similar features such as rays and rilles.
More images can be seen on the Nasa website.
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