Yesterday, the MESSENGER spacecraft released the above image as the first of the main stage of its mission, orbiting around the innermost planet and surveying the surface. When that’s complete, we will have the first complete detailed map of the surface of Mercury.
About me
I am a graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in Biological Chemistry. The name of this blog is derived from the name I use in Chinese, 孟柏民 (Mèng Bómín).
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isn’t that just the neatest photo you’ve seen in … well, in lightyears? (^_^)