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So Long, Mercury - Until We Meet Again!
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So Long, Mercury - Until We Meet Again!

NASA / JPL · 2009-07-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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These images were taken every five minutes by MESSENGER as the spacecraft departed Mercury after completing its second flyby on October 6, 2008. A portion of the same sequence, totaling 198 images in all, has also been made into a movie.

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Credit lineSo Long, Mercury - Until We Meet Again!. NASA/JPL, 2009-07-14. Public domain. ID: PIA12135.
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