Saturday 16 February 2013

Mercury




Isn't this extraordinary? A heightened colour image of Mercury, showing the different compositions of the rock. From Nasa, via the BBC.

And another, more realistic image, also by Nasa, from October 2011

3 comments:

Michelle Loreto said...

Fantastic! I love space!

x Michelle | thefeatherden.net

k said...

those are such cool pictures!

eau de nil said...

such a precious stone.
and thank you for the lovely comment,
glad to find your blog,
i've been admiring your shop for a while!