{"id":3897,"date":"2016-05-11T08:08:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T15:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2016-05-10T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T03:24:33","slug":"nasas-amazing-timelapse-of-mercury-transiting-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/11\/nasas-amazing-timelapse-of-mercury-transiting-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s amazing timelapse of Mercury transiting the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mesmerizing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AhWMOkrzKzs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \u2028<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a planetary transit. The 2016 Mercury transit occurred on May 9, between roughly 7:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Makes me want to go re-watch Danny Boyle\u2019s fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sunshine_(2007_film)\"><em>Sunshine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NewImage.png\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/INewImage.png\" alt=\"NewImage\" width=\"599\" height=\"341\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AhWMOkrzKzs\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mesmerizing. \u2028 Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a planetary transit. The 2016 Mercury transit occurred on May 9, between roughly 7:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. EDT. Makes me want to go re-watch Danny Boyle\u2019s fantastic Sunshine. [YouTube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3898,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions\/3898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}