Saturday, February 2, 2008

The Spider on Mercury!



Well OK, not really. But its still pretty exciting. The Messenger Spacecraft recently passed by Mercury and sent back pictures revealing a very different planet than Mercury had been thought to be. What it revealed was a planet full of activity, sheer cliffs and ravines. Perhaps the most intriguing picture is that of a geological formation being called "The Spider" by scientists, who are ecstatic to find a formation like this on the planet.

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