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0509B_SunspotAndMercury.jpg

Not real sharp, but the larger blob to the left was a huge sunspot, and the smaller one to lower right was the planet Mercury nearing the end of one of its rare solar transits.

0509B_SunspotAndMercury.jpg (297 Kb) (under photos/16/Random/)

By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Tue Mar 10 18:16:39 MDT 2026)