#Bepi

[tatmanblue]

Lava and debris brighten Mercury's surface by European Space Agency Via Flickr: This is one of a series of images taken by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 8 January 2025 as the spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. Monitoring camera 2 (M-CAM 2) took this photo at 07:17 CET, when the spacecraft was about 2103 km from the planet’s surface. The spacecraft’s closest approach of 295 km took place on the planet's night side at 06:59 CET. The bright patch near the planet's upper edge in this image is the Nathair Facula, the aftermath of the largest volcanic explosion on Mercury. At its centre is a volcanic vent of around 40 km across that has been the site of at least three major eruptions. The explosive volcanic deposit is at least 300 km in diameter. Nathair Facula is a major target for several BepiColombo instruments, which will measure the composition of the erupted material. This will teach us about what Mercury is made of, and how the planet formed. Also visible is the relatively young Fonteyn crater, which formed a ‘mere’ 300 million years ago. Its youth is apparent from the brightness of the impact debris that radiates out from it. Older material on Mercury's surface has become much darker from weathering as it aged. Rustaveli, seen roughly in the centre of Mercury in this image, is about 200 km in diameter. Within its rim is a ring of peaks, making it a so-called peak ring basin. These peaks barely poke above smooth material on Rustaveli’s floor, which suggests the crater has been flooded by lava. Interestingly, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft detected a magnetic signal coming from Rustaveli. When molten rock such as lava or impact melt solidifies, magnetic carriers within it align with the direction of the planet's magnetic field. As the planetary magnetic field naturally changes over time, eventually the 'locked in' magnetic field in the planet's crust no longer agrees with the planetary magnetic field, something that can be detected from space. BepiColombo's two magnetometer instruments will investigate this further. In the foreground of the image, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter’s medium gain antenna (top centre) and magnetometer boom (right) are visible. [Technical details: This image of Mercury's surface was taken by M-CAM 2 onboard the Mercury Transfer Module (part of the BepiColombo spacecraft), using an exposure time of 4 millseconds. Taken from a distance of around 2103 km, the surface resolution in this photograph is around 2330 m/pixel. The image has been lightly processed; its brightness and contrast have been adjusted.] [Image description: Planet Mercury in the background with its grey, cratered, pockmarked surface. In the foreground are some spacecraft parts.] Credits: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

[queruloustea]

a soaked dust (and bapy) sheltering beneath a leaf :]

[stinky-creacher]

these are fish i think

[wombrion]

since falin is wearing a bepis shirt we need to see marcille in a cokey coler shirt, peace and love between cola girlfriends <3

cola gfs^_^^^_^_^_^_^_^^^_^___^^_^

[celestialdaily]

And congrats to Mercury for being Tumblr's least favorite planet!

This one was expected, I love Mercury but it just looks (and is tbh) a little boring. Still a cool planet, love the craters!!

[prokopetz]

Bepis Max – post-apocalyptic warlord

Crystal Bepis – central MacGuffin of a Jack Vance novel

Bepis X – machine built for war who must learn how to love

Nitro Bepis – military-grade plastic explosive

Bepis Twist –

[oldsardens]

Bepi Romagnoni - Ferito. 1958

[blackwell-academys-airdrop]

Rachel Amber has been dead for eleven slutty, slutty years.

[discovondoom]

Fragile Phil strikes again.

[legbootlegit]

I recently watched "Pepsi, Where's My Jet?", a documentary about how Pepsi seemingly offered a Harrier fighter jet as a reward to anyone who could collect enough "Pepsi Points".

A commercial aired in the 90's to promote Pepsi's points program, showing increasingly valuable prizes. The final item was a Harrier jet, listed for 7,000,000 points...with no disclaimer.

John Leonard took them up on the apparent offer, which resulted in a several years long legal tussle. Ultimately, a judge granted summary judgement in favor of Pepsi, ruling that the Harrier was clearly a joke and the commercial did not constitute a real offer.

In the meantime, Pepsi had changed the original commercial to say 700 million points, and added a cheeky "(Just Kidding)" underneath it.

I made this piece to commemorate what a bunch of good-humored jokesters and definitely-not-slippery upstanding dudes Pepsi guys are. If any former or current @pepsi execs want this piece as a memento of their time serving the world's best blue cola, hit me up and I'll send it to you for free!

If you're interested in watching the documentary, it's available on Netflix.

[schermit]

I crocheted this.

[demonsthenes13-blog]

[catgirltop]

life is hard as the verse in a verse4top relationship

[capt-zjaybird]

[mumbletoast]

:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧🧋🦑˚✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:

[haxardouswaste]

big man, meet big man, big man, and big man