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Take a Spin Around Mercury
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 0:10
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Created by the MESSENGER mission team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, this animation gives us a look at the spinning globe of Mercury, its surface color-coded to reflect variations in surface material reflectance.
Thousands of Wide Angle Camera images of Mercury’s surface were stitched together to create the full-planet views.
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Post tags: Caloris Basin, JHUAPL, MDIS, Mercury, MESSENGER, NASA, planet, Solar System, WAC
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