The Planet Mercury Today
A friend reminded me that Nasa has a probe that will be visiting Mercury on Jan 14th. This is the first visit to the planet in 33 years. Below is a link to a gallery at new.com showing some pictures as it nears.
Images: Messenger nears close encounter with Mercury | CNET News.com
This is what Mercury looked like, as seen from Messenger, on January 11, 2008.
