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Mercury's north pole seen in dazzling new images as spacecraft buzzes planet for a close-up photo shoot

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The European and Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft flew as close as 183 miles above Mercury 's night side.

It passed directly over the planet's north pole.

This was the sixth and final flyby of the spacecraft since its launch in 2018 .

The spacecraft will enter orbit around Mercury late next year .

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