Apr 30, 2015 7:00 AM

Gallery: Hail and Farewell: A Robot From Earth Dies on Mercury Today

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Mercury's chemical diversity, as mapped by Messenger's X-Ray Spectrometer. Image released April 16, 2015
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This color mosaic shows the craters Munch, Sander and Poe in the smooth volcanic plain of the Caloris basin. Image released Apr. 16, 2015.

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The rock surface of the peak-ring basin Derain, as seen by the Mercury Dual Imaging System. Image released Apr. 16, 2015
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Gravity anomalies on Mercury, captured through analysis of radio tracking data. Image released Apr. 15, 2015

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An image of the wall of a volcanic vent, situated between the Rachmaninoff basin and Copland crater. Image released Mar. 16, 2015
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The south pole of Mercury is in permanent shadow. Here water ice, brought to the planet by comets, persists despite the planet's proximity to the Sun. Image released Apr. 16, 2015
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Mercury holds a surprising diversity of surface materials, as seen through this analysis of infrared light by Messenger's instruments. Image released Apr. 16, 2015

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The topography of Mercury's northern hemisphere, as mapped by a laser altimeter. Image released Apr. 16, 2015
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Mercury, as seen from Messenger's first flyby. Image released Feb. 8, 2011

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