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BepiColombo pics just dropped :leexcited:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2463412-bepicolombo-snaps-mercurys-dark-craters-and-volcanic-plains/

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17364792661o4N12RJcb9NDA.webp

"The division between light and dark over the north pole of Mercury, viewed from the BepiColombo spacecraft"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1736479266MOUhbGx4iyktcg.webp

"The vast volcanic plains on Mercury known as Borealis Planitia"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17364792679WR62ue-gAu-aA.webp

"Nathair Facula, thought to be a remnant of Mercury's largest ever volcanic eruption, is seen as a bright patch in this image"

BepiColombo just flew by Mercury, which it is supposed to start orbiting next year :marseyxdorbit:

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I spent five minutes looking up the craft you were talking about because I assumed BepiColombo was a joke name.

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The EU and Japan had a baby and they named it BepiColumbo

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I assumed it was a roundabout @Bepis joke I was too offline to understand.

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