Posted by : Aron понеделник, 18 февруари 2013 г.


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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