ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photos and video by @babaktafreshi | A rare celestial sight beyond the visual limit of our eyes happened on November 11. The tiny disk of Mercury, the dot above the statue’s shoulder, traversed the sun's face during a five-hour transit. Mercury’s diameter is about the width of the continental U.S., roughly 40% of the Earth, and 285 times less than the sun's diameter. Swipe to see a time-lapse video and earlier view of the transit “first contact” through parting clouds in the city of Providence. The Independent Man bronze statue crowning the Rhode Island State House was framed in this super-telephoto capture, safely done by a solar filter on the lens. ⁣The next transit of Mercury happens in November 2032. #mercurytransit #astrophotography #providence #rhodeisland」11月14日 7時39分