First Image Ever Obtained from Mercury Orbit

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by For_Iconoclasm • 15 years ago

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It looks like the moon. Maybe it is a moon?

CallMeV2• 15 years ago

I have looked forward to this as much as I still look forward to the New Horizons probe to the outermost edge of the solar system, to Pluto.

Mercury has some exhilarating mysteries, and I look forward to seeing the probe unlock them.

dwc• 15 years ago

Some things will become clear but it'll be like cutting heads off the Hydra. But that's the fun part of science - every question answered seems to raise many more.

CallMeV2• 15 years ago

Hear hear. Here's to the questions. The foundation, root, body and crown of science.

tintin• 15 years ago

Looks like you don't want to be there when it 'rains'. But it's amazing how far the impact of the big crater reaches. I wonder if these are cracks in the surface or sprays of dust.

AndyKelley• 15 years ago

Why aren't there that many craters in Earth?

cafard• 15 years ago

Any other boomers think back to the days of John Glenn?

(edited because I forgot the first two flights didn't orbit)

First Image Ever Obtained from Mercury Orbit

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