National Geographic Travelさんのインスタグラム写真 - (National Geographic TravelInstagram)「Photo by @babaktafreshi / On November 11 of last year, a rare celestial sight happened beyond the visual limit of our eyes. The tiny disk of Mercury, the dot above the statue’s shoulder, traversed the sun's face during a five-hour transit. I was in the city of Providence. The "Independent Man" statue crowning the Rhode Island State House is framed in this super telephoto photograph, safely done by a solar filter on the lens. Mercury’s diameter is about the width of the continental United States—roughly 40 percent of the Earth's diameter—and 285 times less than the sun's diameter. The next transit of Mercury happens in November 2032. Explore more Earth and sky photography with me @babaktafreshi. #mercurytransit #astrophotography #providence #rhodeisland」11月29日 16時39分