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See that bright, glowing object with a tail? That's not a comet. That's the planet Mercury.

The reason it has a tail is because micrometeoroids bombard the planet surface and knock tiny pieces of it into space. Those pieces contain mineral-building atoms like sodium—which, when hit by sunlight, glow. So what you're seeing is a thin, glowing trail of pieces of Mercury.

i recognised the Pleiades!! i took my name Maia from them

I took my Subaru from them

Dr. Sebastian Voltmer takes some awesome photos! I love his HDR photo of the 2017 total eclipse, which inspired a wonderful painting by @cathrinmachin.bsky.social 🙂

My friend Jess painted this, it was the start of a set.. I had the red version as he was raised in Africa for a bit..

I like it!