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Mercury, center left, passes between Earth and the sun, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, as seen from Lutherville-Timonium, Md. The solar system's smallest, innermost planet resembled a tiny black dot during the transit, which began at 7:35 a.m. EST. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit.

By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press November 12, 2019