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Some of the images acquired of Mercury by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft during its fourth Mercury flyby on 4 September 2024. Many geological features are visible, including the peak ring basins Vivaldi and newly named Stoddart.
The images were captured by the onboard monitoring cameras, which provide black-and-white 1024x1024 pixel snapshots.
See the article for annotations and more detailed captions for each individual image.