This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
A Trip Into Space Mercury Global Views Mercury - Mosaic By Mariner 10 | |
See also: Mercury - By Mariner 10, Mercury - Global View, Mercury Fact Sheet |
This mosaic, also by the Mariner 10 spacecraft on the 29 March 1974, was taken while it retreated from the planet. Again consisting of 18 images, these images show somewhat more of the illuminated surface.
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27