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| After a pauze of 3 years I imaged Mercury again. The image shows a striking resemblance to the simulated Mercury, based on the new MESSENGER maps and plotted by WinJupos. The Caloris basin, the hottest part of the planet, is visible near the left corner. The combined rays of Xiao Zhao, Amaral and Enwonwu can be discerned as well and it is almost possible to separate the two ray systems and glimpse the third ray system in between. | 18 July 2010 |
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| An older image of Mercury was aligned with a simulation based on the new Messenger photo's. At the time this part of Mercury was poorly known. Afterwards it appears that the details imaged on the small Mercury disc show a good resemblance to the real features on the planet as photographed by the Messenger. | 29 August 2007 |
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| Imaged a few days earlier, the features on the Mercury disc have slightly rotated compared to the 29 August view, another hint that these features may be real. | 26 August 2007 |
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| Sofar this is one of the best Mercury images I have taken. Imaged when Mercury was nearly full phase, and only seperated from the Sum by 5°, the planet is a small disc only 5" big. At the time I wasn't sure what to make of it, it's features seemed unnaturaly symmetrical. But compared to the simulated Mercury, the features make sense. A lot of features can be discerned, such as Caloris and Tolstoy. The brighter parts in between seem to be the combined ray systems of smaller craters that are not resolved. | 11 August 2007 |
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