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Colors of Mercury Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130301.html #ercury #MESENGER #SolaSystem #Planetarycience #SpaceExplration #Astrohysics #Asronomy #CalorsBasin Crater Impact #VolcanicAtivity #LunrMaria #Space

Color-enhanced image of Mercury, showing the planet's diverse surface features. The Caloris basin, a large, tan-colored impact feature, is visible at the upper right. Young crater rays, light blue and white in color, extend across the darker blue terrain.
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The colors of the solar system's innermost planet are enhanced in this tantalizing view, based on global image data from the Mercury-orbiting MESSENGER spacecraft. Human eyes would not discern the clear color differences but they are real none the less, indicating distinct chemical, mineralogical,

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