Mercury Transit of the Sun as Seen From Mars

The Curiosity rover witnessed Mercury passing in front of the Sun. This was the first time the Mercury transit was witnessed from another planet, in this case Mars. AR 2079 and 2077 are sunspots.

 

See the animated sequence.

 

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Texas A&M

Image Number: PIA18389

Date: June 3, 2014

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