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MORE!!!
And another!
Raoul
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1/17/2008 8:11:51 PM
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Mercury flyby pic
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Buck Galaxy
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1/16/2008 3:55:59 AM
MORE!!!
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Raoul
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1/16/2008 8:13:20 PM
And another!
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Raoul
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1/17/2008 8:11:51 PM
It must be very dusty, like the moon.
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alcaray
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1/17/2008 8:56:10 PM
I see a face! I see a face!
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DJL
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1/16/2008 10:07:21 PM
re: I see more pictures!!
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Raoul
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1/17/2008 6:31:56 AM
The ray crater in the top picture.
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REB
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1/17/2008 3:10:52 PM
According to "Invader Zim," Mercury has a Butt, not a Face.
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TB
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1/16/2008 11:09:42 PM
try that again
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Buck Galaxy
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1/16/2008 3:57:24 AM
As you look at that picture...
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REB
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1/16/2008 2:49:00 PM
Let me try again
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REB
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1/16/2008 2:53:33 PM
is there any direct link between
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DJL
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1/16/2008 4:12:39 PM
Some. Solar energy also plays a big part.
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REB
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1/16/2008 4:44:10 PM
Recycling crust is a third factor.
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alcaray
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1/16/2008 7:49:16 PM
magnetic field, fourth factor.
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podrock
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1/16/2008 8:53:59 PM
True on both of those.
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REB
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1/17/2008 3:22:48 PM
interesting
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DJL
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1/16/2008 5:15:00 PM
Pluto has a small atmosphere...
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TAFKASE
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1/17/2008 2:43:43 PM
re: Methane
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Raoul
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1/16/2008 5:31:44 PM
Great shot.
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REB
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1/16/2008 2:39:01 PM
Mercury might be a great place to mine...
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Socrates II
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1/16/2008 3:15:00 PM
I'm still hoping to see rivers of molten lead on Mercury.
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Jacob Samorodin
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1/16/2008 7:40:09 PM
There are long rivers of molten lava on Venus
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Socrates II
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1/17/2008 5:46:08 AM
Good thing none of the Venera landed in them. Splat!!...Sizzle!! ;-)
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Jacob Samorodin
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1/19/2008 8:02:40 PM
And lakes of it on Io.
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alcaray
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1/17/2008 9:13:00 AM
Now my desktop, thanks!
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pb
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1/16/2008 5:47:37 AM
Wow. Fun, and one beat-up ball!
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Bowser
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1/16/2008 4:52:20 AM
Cool! Thanks!
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TB
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1/16/2008 4:29:41 AM
If you want to see Mercury with your own eyes...
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Socrates II
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1/16/2008 2:42:15 PM
LPOD's take on the image
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Socrates II
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1/16/2008 2:53:50 PM
Mercury, twice in a lifetime
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Socrates II
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1/18/2008 7:18:26 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.