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Mariner 10 Outgoing Color Image of Mercury Target Name:   Mercury Spacecraft:   Mariner 10 Produced by:   Ted Stryk Copyright:  Copyright Ted Stryk 2007 Date Released:  14 January 2008 Related Documents Mercury Mariner 10 Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size VSS00068.jpg JPEG 640 x 800 49K VSS00068.jpg JPEG 3187 x 3984 568K VSS00068.tif TIFF 3187 x 3984 7M This mosaic of Mercury was created from more than 140 images taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft as it flew past the innermost planet on March 29, 1974. Mariner 10's trajectory brought the spacecraft across the dark hemisphere of Mercury. The images were acquired after the spacecraft exited Mercury's shadow. The color data is from more distant global views.

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