August 5, 2013

Goodbye Earth!

This time-lapse video, recorded by the Messenger spacecraft en route to Mercury, shows what it looks like to say goodbye to planet Earth.

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This time-lapse video, recorded by the Messenger spacecraft en route to Mercury, shows what it looks like to say goodbye to planet Earth.

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Video Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab/Carnegie Inst. Washington

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