Amazing Solar Orbiter Views Of Mercury Transiting The Sun

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the spacecraft captured the imagery.

Credit: Space.com | footage & orbit animation courtesy: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/PHI Team / ATG medialab | edited by [Steve Spaleta]
Music: Uncharted Planet by FormantX / courtesy of Epidemic Sound