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Photo of the surface of Mercury - Photo: space.com\/nasa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The NASA space probe Messenger has sent back the first photos of the surface of Mercury – the innermost planet of our solar system – taken from its orbit around the planet. One of the most obvious features of the photos: a huge 53 mile wide crater named Debussy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The NASA space probe Messenger has sent back the first photos of the surface of Mercury – the innermost planet of our solar system – taken from its orbit around the planet. One of the most obvious features of the photos: a huge 53 mile wide crater named Debussy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1Af","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5940,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/07\/debussy-and-the-sea\/","url_meta":{"origin":6091,"position":0},"title":"debussy and the sea","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This week we're getting ready for the upcoming weekend's classical concerts. 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