Mercury Gives the Perfect Picture of Nine

     After more than ten years of researching and studying the inner most planet, through tremendous solar heat, a year was taken to photograph the entire surface of the planet Mercury; from pole to pole; all around.  Giving us a clear picture of the last planet needed to obtain a picture of every planet in the solar system.
 

     Even though it is the closest planet to our Sun, scientist have seen that near the poles there are areas which get no sunlight throughout the planets orbit.  The most intriguing discovery of all was its core being 85% of the planets radius in size.  This put the surface of the planet extremely close to all of the energy and gravity coming from its interior unlike on Earth.

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