TRANSIT OF MERCURY--THE VIEW FROM SPACE: Yesterday, millions of people witnessed the tiny black form of Mercury crossing the disk of the sun. A just-released movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the transit more than 22,000 miles above Earth--and it is amazing. To see the movie and other out-of-this-world views (including a double transit of Mercury and the Hubble Space Telescope) visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com.
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Above: The Transit of Mercury as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The complete movie may be viewed at Spaceweather.com
