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Mercury up close

March 31st 2011 20:16

mercury planets sun pictures photography








The historic first photos taken by the Messenger spacecraft of the closest planet to the sun.





The planet Mercury in an image taken during the January 2008 fly-by by from the MESSENGER spacecraft. The image shows that volcanoes were involved in plains formation and suggest that its magnetic field is actively produced in the planet's core.

REUTERS/NASA/JHUAP/ Arizona State University






More pictures on the link above







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