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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
markmccaughrean ("Mark McCaughrean") wrote:
Here's the second set of three images from the very close flyby of Mercury by ESA & JAXA's #BepiColombo mission last night.
As ever, it was a great pleasure & privilege to be with the mission team last night as the spacecraft made contact after the flyby & downlinked the data, & then to discuss what the images show with scientists across Europe & Japan.
Full images & article:
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- A black-and-white picture showing the planet Mercury with craters and plains across the surface illuminated to different degrees by the Sun, seen against a black sky with parts of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft in the foreground.
- A black-and-white picture showing the planet Mercury with craters and plains across the surface illuminated to different degrees by the Sun, seen against a black sky with parts of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft in the foreground.
- A black-and-white picture showing the planet Mercury with craters and plains across the surface illuminated to different degrees by the Sun, seen against a black sky with parts of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft in the foreground.
