Mercury - All 360 degrees

Hey Space Placers!

NASA has produced a 360-degree view video of Mercury courtesy of the MESSENGER spacecraft.

Watch it and see the planet closest to the Sun in glorious enhanced color: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/movies/MESSENGER_falsecolor_Mercury_globe_spin_big.mov

The enhanced colors are not what Mercury would like like to our eyes. The colors represent the different minerals that make up the planet's surface and gives us our best idea about the planet's history and evolution.

Read More About It: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=1095

Sky Guy in VA