Postcards from Mercury
Capital of Nasty, an Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471
Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 12:00 (5157/21)
The spacecraft, which launched in 2004 and entered orbit around Mercury on March 17, will circle the solar system's innermost planet for a year, mapping out its hot, rocky surface and providing what's anticipated to be a wealth of information never gleaned before during quick glimpses from fly-by missions.
You can read the full article on the Los Angeles Times. You can also see more photographs on NASA's site.
The above image is credit NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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