http://q103albany.com Albany's #1 Rock Station Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:09:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://q103albany.com/tech-thursday-mercury-rising-photos-from-1st-rock/ http://q103albany.com/tech-thursday-mercury-rising-photos-from-1st-rock/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:30:33 +0000 Big Rich http://q103albany.com/?p=11184 Little is known about the surface of the 1st planet in our solar system. One thing we do know, is that when you stand on the day side, the Sun is hot enough to melt lead. That right there is a bad sunburn waiting to happen. But the Messenger spacecraft is now in orbit above Mercury taking photos and giving us a new look at the 1st Rock from the Sun.

]]> http://q103albany.com/tech-thursday-mercury-rising-photos-from-1st-rock/feed/ 0 Wide Angle Camera View of Mercury from The Messenger Spacecraft. Photo by NASA.gov