Mercury by Messenger- Oct 6 2008

by: Nasa/JHUAPL/ Carnegie Institution of Washington/Novapix
Reference: a-mer04-00019
Date: 2008-10-09

This image was taken just 8 minutes and 47 seconds after the MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above Mercury's surface, its closest distance to the planet during the mission's second Mercury flyby. The crater in the upper right corner of this image is Boethius.

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