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US makes History: First photos of Mercury since 1974!

By Kimberly Bock | January 16, 2008

Mercury first photo

This is not SEO related but US history has been made!

Since our first close-up glimpses of Mercury in the 1970s, we’ve been left to wonder: “What does the rest of Mercury look like?” When it imaged the first planet from the Sun in 1974, NASA’s Mariner 10 space probe was only able to capture 45 per cent of Mercury’s surface as it flew by. Today, the US space agency’s latest craft - MESSENGER - has laid the groundwork for answering a lot of that curiosity, having photographed the planet closer, in more places, and in more detail than ever before…

<see photos here!> and give it a good old fashioned SU Stumble!

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