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Mariner 10 mosaic of Mercury

by

JPL/Novapix

Reference

a-mer03-00001

Date

2006-09-28

Mariner 10 mosaic of Mercury taken during the approach to the first encounter on march 29 1974. This mosaic was made of 18 pictures taken at 42 second intervals 6 hours before closest approach. The lower two-thirds of the visible portion is the southern hemisphere of Mercury.