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From Nick Greene, for About.com

Stunning New Mercury Pictures

Wednesday October 8, 2008
It seems that everyone is talking about Mercury right now. The small rocky planet closest to the sun is ready for its close-up.

This week, that close-up was provided by the mission MESSENGER. On October 6, 2008, at roughly 4:40 AM ET, MESSENGER flew by Mercury for the second time this year. The stunning images taken during this second sweep are availble in our MESSENGER Gallery October 2008.

MESSENGER's first fly-by resulted in another set of incredible pictures. In January, we documented this visit with our MESSENGER - Mission to Mercury Pictures Gallery.

Check out both of these Picture Galleries:

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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