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Wallpaper: Mercury Close Up

Wallpaper: Mercury Close Up

Wallpaper: Mercury Up Close

September 11, 2006

No, its not our moon… its the planet Mercury. This is one of the best detailed images ever returned of Mercury and will likely remain so until Messenger reaches the planet in 2008 with an orbital insertion in 2011.

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