By Daily Mail Reporter
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This may sound a bit goofy, but there's a crater formation in outer space that looks remarkably like a cartoon character.
There's something very familiar about the big ears, the smile, the snub nose and small eyes that most children have seen on a visit to Disney's Magic Kingdom.
But the startling likeness to the beloved figure of Mickey Mouse is out of this world - in fact it has been pictured 48 million miles from Earth on the planet Mercury.
Cartoon caper: A rock formation on the planet Mercury which has a startling resemblance to Mickey Mouse
Disney hero: Mickey Mouse's silhouette is famous the world over
The image was taken by the U.S. spaceship Messenger which has snapped more than 100,000 pictures since it went into orbit round Mercury in March last year.
Seven of the spaceship's scientific instruments are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System's innermost planet.
One of the instruments has globally mapped the planet in high-resolution monochrome and colour images uncovering a new view of Mercury and shedding light on the planet's geologic history.
It is the first time a spaceship has ever orbited the planet and now Messenger is on a year-long science mission - shame it isn't going to Pluto where perhaps they might find Mickey's faithful dog!!
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Isn't it even stranger that they can show us craters on Mercury,forty eight million miles away. But apparently they cannot show us the lunar rover and other equipment on our own moon! Wonder why? I know that it's because of "Messenger" but we have Hubble don't we? - Handy Andy, Birmingham,west Midlands, 17/6/2012 13:35+++++++The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter which has photographed all the Apollo landing sites at a resolution of 25cm per pixel. The hardware, rovers and astronaut tracks are all clearly visible. Google 'LRO Apollo'. Hubble cannot resolve objects that small from earth orbit.
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'..Isn't it even stranger that they can show us craters on Mercury,forty eight million miles away. But apparently they cannot show us the lunar rover and other equipment on our own moon....- Handy Andy, Birmingham,west Hang on - Just a few months ago a lunar orbiter from NASA showed images of the base of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module and the nearby Surveyor 9. Also the base of the Apollo 17 Lunar Module and the Lunar Rover. The tyre tracks from the Rover were clearly visible. These images are there for any one to see on the NASA website - Of course, fellow Lunar Conspiracy theorists immeadiatly declared these images to be faked and more evidence of a cover up - So to be honest - you can never win with conspiracy theorists - whatever evidence you provide they blithely declare it to be fake. I am sure if you took some lunar landing conspiracy theorists to the Moon and showed them the evidence personally then they would still say it was a fake!!!!
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well thats 1 minute of my life i'll never get back...
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Looks more like Vince Cable when he is having one of rants against the bankers to me...
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Isn't it even stranger that they can show us craters on Mercury,forty eight million miles away. But apparently they cannot show us the lunar rover and other equipment on our own moon! Wonder why? I know that it's because of "Messenger" but we have Hubble don't we?
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I smell a rat.
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That is one small nothing for mankind.
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You know... I was actually expecting someone to come up with a Jesus reincarnation... but this is even better!!
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