Name: Stunning footage shows Mercury passing in front of the Sun
Uploaded: 2016-05-09T16:34:55+00:00
Duration: 17 s
Description: For more than seven hours on May 9th, 2016, Mercury is visible as a tiny black dot crossing the face of the sun. This rare event, which is known as a "transit," happens only slightly more than once a

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For more than seven hours on May 9th, 2016, Mercury is visible as a tiny black dot crossing the face of the sun. This rare event, which is known as a "transit," happens only slightly more than once a decade. Credit to 'NASA' and the 'Solar Dynamics Observatory Satellite'.

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