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The Sun with Mercury in front.  Mercury can be seen as a dot below dead center and slightly to the right.

Our Planetary Neighborhood

For  an  image  of  our  home  planet,  see  Contact

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Brocken Inaglory

The Transit of Mercury 

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Brocken Inaglory

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Venus in front of the Sun.  Venus is near the top right.

Mars is slightly smaller than Venus or Earth.

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https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/11476/saturn-earth-comparison/

NASA

Published: December 16, 2004

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Saturn with Rings.

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Jupiter

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NASA Hubble

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Uranus

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/next-generation-nasa-instrument-advanced-to-study-the-atmospheres-of-uranus-and-neptune

Credits: NASA

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Neptune

Don't let being right talk you out of being kind.

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