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A black-and-white picture of the planet Mercury as seen by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission showing craters and other features, some of which have been annotated in yellow in this version. The planet is seen against a black sky, with some parts of the spacecraft visible in the foreground.

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A black-and-white picture of the planet Mercury as seen by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission showing craters and other features, some of which have been annotated in yellow in this version. The planet is seen against a black sky, with some parts of the spacecraft visible in the foreground.
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Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:03:07 JST Mark McCaughrean
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And as a bonus, several of the #BepiColombo images of Mercury were annotated to show craters & other features on the surface, including Stoddart crater, newly-named after the New Zealand painter, Margaret Stoddart.
Again, these are 1024x1024 previews at the original camera resolution; full-res version of these along with descriptions are available on the ESA website:
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_s_best_images_yet_highlight_fourth_Mercury_flyby
#SpaceScience #SpaceExploration

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