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Description	MESSENGER image - First look at side of Mercury not seen by Mariner 10
Date	14 January 2008
Source	http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/pics/EW0108829708G.4release.jpg
Author	NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Carnegie Institution of Washington

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14 January 2008