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NASA's Mercury Messenger probe captured this historic image of Mercury, the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the solar system's innermost planet. The photo was taken on Tuesday (March 29) at 5:20 am EDT. |
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The first spacecraft ever to circle Mercury has beamed home the first-ever photo taken of the small rocky planet from orbit, showing a stark landscape peppered with craters, Space.com reported.
NASA's Messenger spacecraft snapped the new Mercury photo at 0920 GMT Tuesday.
The photo shows the stark gray landscape of southern Mercury, a view that is dominated by a huge impact crater. It is 53-miles (85-kilometers) wide with bright rays emanating from its center. (點(diǎn)擊Space.com網(wǎng)站查看原文)
美拍回首張水星照片
?????? Space.com消息,第一艘環(huán)繞水星的宇宙飛船已經(jīng)向地球發(fā)回首張?jiān)谲壍郎吓臄z的這個(gè)小巖石行星的照片,照片顯示一片光禿禿的地面布滿(mǎn)了坑。
?????? 美國(guó)國(guó)家宇航局的“信使號(hào)”宇宙飛船于格林尼治時(shí)間周二9點(diǎn)20分拍到了這個(gè)新的水星照片。
?????? 照片顯示了水星南部一片光禿禿的灰色地面,能明顯看到一個(gè)巨大的隕石坑。這個(gè)坑有54英里(85公里)寬,有明亮的光線從中心射出。
(China.org.cn April 2, 2011) |