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Messenger Mercury Part 1 and 2

Messenger Mercury Parts 1 and 2

Image by Gordan Ugarkovic. The top RGB (red/green/blue) pair is from the first flyby in January while the lower is from the second flyby from this week. The color in the latter is artistic based upon the color information provided in January’s encounter.

Time for an update to the Mercury Portrait wallpaper me thinks.

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One Response to “Messenger Mercury Part 1 and 2”

  1. schneiderism » Blog Archive » Getting Closer to Mercury Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    [...] and continue to get excited by what Messenger is sending back to us. I found the image above at wanderingspace. Posted in science, solar system, space program [...]

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