View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Karl Diefenderfer wrote: “The clouds were threatening but held off until I was able to snap a few photos.” Thank you, Karl!
Oh, hey Mercury! ??? This ultraviolet footage from our Solar Dynamics Observatory shows Mercury approaching the limb of the Sun just before the transit begins. Watch in near real time: https://t.co/5OFdcyOFJ8pic.twitter.com/yJ3VjPEMfS
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Abdulmajeed Alshatti in Kuwait wrote: “Mercury in a rare pass across the Sun today. This photo shows the position of Mercury after 1 hour and 10 minutes after the starting the transition in Kuwait, at sunset.” Thank you, Abdulmajeed!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Chirag Upreti in New York, New York, wrote: “We had brief clear skies over NYC during the start of the Mercury transit, later high clouds rolled in making Mercury hard to spot through the haze. I was amazed at the scale of this speedy little planet compared to our star, it gave a wonderful perspective.” Thank you, Chirag!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Richard Lakhan in Trinidad wrote: “Transit of Mercury – view from Trinidad.” Thanks, Richard!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Joel Weatherly in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, wrote: “I enjoyed watching and photographing this morning’s Transit of Mercury. While I missed the first bit in Edmonton, the skies were very clear (some atmospheric turbulence though). Here’s my shot at capturing the event, I finally got to give my Calcium K-line filter a go.” Thank you, Joel!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Ken Gallagher at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, wrote: “Was hoping for some sun spots.” Thank you, Ken!Tom Marsala put together this animation of the Mercury transit. What you see here – this movement of Mercury across the face of the sun – took several hours. Thank you, Tom!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tom Wildoner at the The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, wrote: “Here is a view of the Mercury transit across the sun.” Thank you, Tom!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steve Bellavia of Southold, New York, captured this image. Thanks, Steve!View at EarthSky Community Photos.| Ken Chan in Palo Alto, California, wrote: “It had been foggy in the morning for the past few days. Fortunately, it was clear this morning, and I was able to see Mercury transit the sun.” Thanks, Ken!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jean Marie André Delaporte of Normandy, France, wrote: “Here you go, the splendid transit of Mercury in front of the sun. I’m so happy.” Thank you, Jean Marie.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Eliot Herman wrote: “In Tucson, Arizona, seeing was mostly fair to poor. At sunrise there were thick clouds that disappeared for a nice window after mid-transit when this photo was captured and then more haze and light clouds for toward the end of the transit. This photo was at about best seeing conditions.” Thank you, Eliot!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mimi Ditchie at Avila Beach, California, worte: “This is an image of Mercury transiting the sun. Mercury is the small black dot in the mid-upper right of the sun.” Thank you, Mimi!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tom Palmer of Carrboro, North Carolina, wrote: “This was taken at 1:02:54 pm ET, just a few seconds after 3rd contact, when the disk of Mercury had just started exiting the face of the sun.” Thank you, Tom!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Eric Smith at Paso Robles, California, wrote: “A fitting tribute to Veterans Day was today’s transit of the sun by the planet Mercury! Enjoy, Fellow Star Voyagers!” Thanks, Eric!
Bottom line: A selection of photos from the EarthSky Community of the November 11, 2019, transit of Mercury. View more EarthSky Community Photos.
Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she was the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
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