Mercury Transit of the Sun, Seen From Mars
This frame from an animation shows five versions of observations that NASA Curiosity made about one hour apart while Mercury was passing in front of the sun on June 3, 2014. Two sunspots, each about the diameter of Earth, also appear.
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NASA ID
PIA18389
Date Created
June 10, 2014
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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