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  • Jan
    21

    Photographs of Mercury

    Filed under: Science;

    Messenger views Mercury’s horizonThis morning the Gee Whiz department brings us photographs of the planet Mercury, taken by the MESSENGER probe on its first fly-by.

    I don’t know about you but I grew up in the stone ages, when seeing a planet meant looking at a bright spot in the sky. As a child, I never imagined being able to see such detailed photographs.

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