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> Mercury transit. May 7 2003

Mercury transit. May 7 2003

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-cnj10-00004

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 16 cm

This false-color satellite TRACE image was made in ultraviolet light and tend to show the hot gas just above the Sun's visible surface. Mercury's disk is silhouetted against the seething plasma.

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2003 - ASTRONOMY - LIMB - MERCURY - PLANET - STAR - SUN - TRACE - TRANSIT - ULTRAVIOLET - UV -