Mercury as revealed by Messenger

[iceman]

Great image of Mercury on APOD:

Mercury as Revealed by Messenger (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081008.html)

More info about the Messenger mission:
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/index.html

Some amazing images in the gallery of Science Photos (http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/)

[matt]

It's amazing how much it looks like the moon in those close-up images.

Interesting stuff.