Sunset on Mercury. Artwork showing the Sun's corona on Mercury's horizon. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. As the sun sets on Mercury the tem

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Sunset on Mercury. Artwork showing the Sun's corona on Mercury's horizon. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. As the sun sets on Mercury the temperature changes from a daytime high of over 370 degrees Celsius to minus 150 degrees Celsius. The bright object at top right is the Earth.

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Size: 6126px × 4594px
Photo credit: © WALTER MYERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, astronomical, astronomy, corona, dusk, evening, horizon, illustration, landscape, mercury, planet, planetary, science, set, setting, solar, space, sun, sunset, system, terrestrial, twilight