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First pictures From Mercury in 30 yrs.

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Jan 17, 2008

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NASA's Messenger probe sent back it's first pictures:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080116-messenger-mercury-images.html

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MESSENGER images

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/index.html

Detailed Close-Up of Mercury's Previously Unseen Surface!

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Jan 21, 2008

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Any color images forthcoming from this mission? Or perhaps, these apparent greyscale images are showing true colors?

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