Spectra of Mercury (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Spectra of Mercury

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Though Mercury may look drab to the human eye, different minerals appear in a rainbow of colors in this image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft.

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NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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