A Clear Day For Lake Michigan And Other Amazing Images Of The Week
A new picture of Rosetta's comet is an added bonus

This beautiful rendering of Mercury is four years in the making: NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has been collecting single tracks of spectral surface measurements since March 17, 2011, when MESSENGER entered Mercury's orbit. The spacecraft gathered the data to learn more about Mercury's minerals and surface materials, and the information was so detailed that distinct features like pyroclastic vents and fresh craters can be studied. NASA added color to accentuate the measurements before releasing the image this week. RIP MESSENGER, and thanks for this gorgeous data. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}

{!! $img_subtitle !!}