Gods and humans contemplate each other:

Mercury's solar transit is a message of hope and humor

vol. 1 issue 40

Greetings,

That’s not a zipper across the sun, but a time-elapsed photo of Mercury’s last transit across the sun, visible from Earth back in 2016.

For about another hour (it’s noon here in Washington, DC), Mercury will be visible on NASA’s Mercury Cam. Here’s a great video of the celestial event back in 2016, replete with the music of hero…