Mercury Shows Off Its Colourful Side

The planet Mercury, as you've never seen it before. Nasa unveils stunning new colour map of the planet.

This is not how we would see Mercury, which would look like a dull, brownish-grey globe to our eyes.

"Messenger's camera has filters that go from the blue to the near-infrared of the spectrum, and we are able to use computer processing to enhance the very subtle but real colour differences that are present on Mercury's surface," explained Dr David Blewett.