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         - This mosaic of Mercury was taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft during its approach on 29 March 1974. The mosaic consists of 18 images taken at 42 s intervals during a 13 minute period when the spacecraft was 200,000 km (about 6 hours prior to closest approach) from the planet.
 
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         -  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-mercury.html,  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mercury/mercuryglobe1.jpg
 
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