NASA scientists are having a lot of fun with Messenger , the spacecraft now orbiting Mercury . Not only they are documenting the planet at a resolution of 200 metre per pixel , but they are spotting all kinds of fun stuff . A few weeks ago it was theSesame Street ’s cookie monster . Today it ’s a smiley volcanic crater .
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-on-mercurys-craters-anyone-else-think-this-looks-5951268
It looks like even the craters on Mercury have heard of Bob Ross ! The key meridian of this complex volcanic crater have formed in such a way that it resembles a smile face . This simulacrum is oriented so north is toward the bottom .
So far , Messenger has taken 88,746 images “ and all-inclusive other data sets . ” After dispatch its elementary missionary post — and still mold like a champ — the spacecraft is going to capture another 80,000 images . [ NASA Goddard ]
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