Photo Agency - Astronomy - Space - Nature

> Mercury Transit. May 7, 2003

Mercury Transit. May 7, 2003

author: Stefan Seip/Novapix

reference: a-cnj10-00005

Image Size 300 DPI: 10 * 10 cm

Mercury is located at the right side as a small, dark, round spot. Left from the lowest point you can see a very bright, giant flare. (Flares are only visible for some minutes.) A big prominence is on the left, upper side.

Keywords for this photo:

2003 - ASTRONOMY - GLOBAL VIEW - H-ALPHA - MERCURY - PLANET - PROMINENCE - STAR - SUN - TRANSIT -