Below the Pleiades is actually a planet: Mercury.
Long exposures reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury's thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun.
[📸 Sebastian Voltmer]
Dream Chaser ⚡️🐆 on Nostr: That's not a comet. Below the Pleiades is actually a planet: Mercury. Long exposures ...
That's not a comet.
Below the Pleiades is actually a planet: Mercury.
Long exposures reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury's thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun.
[📸 Sebastian Voltmer]
Below the Pleiades is actually a planet: Mercury.
Long exposures reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury's thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun.
[📸 Sebastian Voltmer]