NASA's SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse

Published on May 9, 2016 NASA Goddard

"Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a planetary transit. The 2016 Mercury transit occurred on May 9, between roughly 7:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. EDT.

The images in this video are from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO.

Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein

Music: Encompass by Mark Petrie"

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20 Amazing Science Demos Using MERCURY

Published on Sep 11, 2015 TAOFLEDERMAUS

"Many viewers have wanted me to compile my mercury videos into a single video. Some are simple and seemingly mundane while others seem to defy physics. Mercury has such odd properties. It is extremely dense, it has a VERY high surface tension, it is electrically conductive, and it is a metal that is a liquid at low temperatures. It only appears to be similar to gallium, but everything else is quite unique and extreme to mercury, including toxicity.

Mercury is hazardous and you should not attempt to do these experiments for your own safety."