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First Image Ever Obtained from Mercury Orbit

• Andrew_Quentin 15y ago
  It looks like the moon. Maybe it is a moon?
• CallMeV 15y 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 15y 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.
    • CallMeV 15y ago
      Hear hear. Here's to the questions. The foundation, root, body and crown of science.
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• tintin 15y 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 15y ago
  Why aren't there that many craters in Earth?
• cafard 15y ago
  Any other boomers think back to the days of John Glenn? (edited because I forgot the first two flights didn't orbit)