2024 September 16 - Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColumbo

In today's image, we see an image of the Vivaldi crater on Mercury which was recently imaged by the BepiColumbo spacecraft. The craft recently flew by Mercury and is scheduled to begin orbiting Mercury in 2026.

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