BepiColombo’s fourth Mercury flyby

Some of the images acquired of Mercury by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft during its third 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.