It may look like a spotty, monochromatic water melon, but we're taking NASA's word on this one -- the image above is the very first.
Here it is, the first image taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft since entering orbit around Mercury on March 17, and it includes portions of the planet not yet previously seen by spacecraft. The image was taken on today, March 29,
Everyone know that Mercury has a great arboreal river running completely around the planet in the twilight area between the sun-facing Light Side (filled with precious molten metals), and the frozen Dark Side (Glaciers and Yeti and HUGE ...