By Chuck Reinhart | 2025-06-20
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Mercury shines on the summer solstice
On 06/21/2025 09:03 pm by Teresa Molinaro | Website | Bagheria, Sicily, Southern Italy
The planet Mercury is always difficult to observe, but with a little patience you can spot it: on the evening of June 21, the first evening of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the "messenger of the gods" (according to mythology) appeared on the western horizon after sunset.
I had been monitoring it for a few evenings, and finally I managed to photograph it in the colors of summer twilight.
Nikon D7500 Nikkor lens 70-300mm
1/30s f/4.5 ISO 800
Lightroom