http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/images/flyby_images/mdis_depart.mpeg
This was taken by the Messenger spacecraft as it left Earth for Mercury, shot in elapsed-time over 24 hours (358 frames total).
THAT is what it really looks like.
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/images/flyby_images/mdis_depart.mpeg
This was taken by the Messenger spacecraft as it left Earth for Mercury, shot in elapsed-time over 24 hours (358 frames total).
THAT is what it really looks like.