Photographs of Mercury

This striking image was acquired May 19, 2011, as MESSENGER used its pivot to look toward the southeast, which is oriented as the top of the image.
NASA / Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory / Carnegie Institution of Washington

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This striking image was acquired May 19, 2011, as MESSENGER used its pivot to look toward the southeast, which is oriented as the top of the image.

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