On January 14, 2008, NASA MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers 124 miles above the surface of Mercury and snapped the first pictures of a side of Mercury not previously seen, with a view looking toward Mercury south pole.
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Title: Looking Toward the South Pole of Mercury
Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Date Created: 2008-01-21
Rights: JPL
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