The first image of Mercury ever taken from an orbiting craft shows the large rayed crater Debussy (upper portion of photo) and a smaller crater called Matabei. The lower part of the image shows part of Mercury’s south polar region not previously seen by any craft.
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft has returned the first image of Mercury ever taken by a probe orbiting the solar system’s innermost planet. The image, recorded early on March 29 by MESSENGER’s wide-angle camera and released later that day, shows two craters as well as a part of Mercury’s south polar terrain not previously imaged by any craft. The image resolves features as small as about 5 kilometers across.
This article interests me because its the first image of Mercury ever taken from an orbiting craft and I am living so it will be a mark in history and I cant tell my children and grandchildren that I was 14 when this happened. This article is SOOOO cool! Hundreds of years will pass and this picture will be seen by many people and I am living when this happened! :)
Very Interesting Article but you did not provide the link to the original article. Also you need to provide more detail on what connections can you make.
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