Solar System Family Portrait. Image of the solar system acquired by the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) orbit

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Solar System Family Portrait. Image of the solar system acquired by the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) orbiter from inside the solar system looking out. This image is made up of 34 Wide Angle Camera (WAC) images (bars) with Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) insets showing all of the planets except Uranus and Neptune, which at distances of and billion kilometres were too faint to detect. Image acquired by the Mercury Dual Imaging Sytstem (MDIS) on 3rd and 16th November 2010.

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Size: 9157px × 2456px
Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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