Mercury transit:recap and rewind

This animated image produced by the Hinode spacecraft shows Mercury's second contact during its transit of the Sun on Nov. 8/9, 2006. A 1024x1024-pixel, 21MB version is here.

Subsequent images came from the newswire, Spaceweather.com, and the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The SOHO site has more transit images and video in dif't wavelengths of light, by the way.


"Trying to find tiny Mecury on the face of the Sun was a little difficult with only a small pair of binoculars and a digital camera, and trying to dodge clouds, wind, and other things. If you have trouble finding Mercury, hint: It is the smallest of the three objects in this picture."