A pastel drawing depicting a hand sketching the transit of Mercury across the Sun. The artist's hand is visible, holding a pencil, and drawing onto a surface that represents the sun, with a small black circle representing Mercury. The colors are predominantly warm oranges and browns, evoking the warmth and light of the Sun. The style is impressionistic, capturing the artist's visual experience of the event.

Astronomy Picture from 17/11/2006

Hand Drawn Transit

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061117.html


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