We saw Mercury!
TL;DR: We saw Mercury while on vacation! Wednesday night, we were walking back from dinner, and saw this sight in the western sky. (Picture courtesy GD1): "What is that bright speck at the upper limb of the moon?", I wondered. I vaguely recalled that there was an annular eclipse around now. I was tired from a full day, so my brain said: " Baily's Beads "! This jolted me into action. I yelled "It's an eclipse!" and tore off down the hallway to fetch my 50x zoom camera from the hotel room. Witnesses say I just missed bowling over some alarmed tourists, and numerous grandchildren raced after me. One witness (SIL1) said he'd never seen me move so fast.. A jink and a jag, and I got to our room's balcony, camera in hand, just in time for everything to go behind the clouds. My picture: We're home now, and I've been curating some of our images. I zoomed in on the highlight of GD1's picture: and later SIL2 offered up his, which I zoomed ...