The surface of Mercury

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The data for this mosaic was obtained during MESSENGER's first flyby in January 2008. The added colours show the different rocks on the surface of Mercury.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

The NASA probe, MESSENGER, flies past Mercury for the first time

Filling the gaps in the map of Mercury: first results from the MESSENGER flyby

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