BepiColombo made new pictures of Mercury during the closest flight

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The space mission of BepiColombo started in 2018, made the third flight of Mercury which became the relatives. The spaceship flew by in only 236 kilometers from a planet surface, and made tens images which transferred to Earth. Three of them were chosen for demonstration in "early release", and they represent one of the best types of Mercury, ever the recorded. One of a photo shows Edna Manley's crater which just received the name in honor of the outstanding Jamaican artist. Scientists consider that the structure in a crater can give dark materials...